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I’m gonna raise a Linux kid
If there will ever be a socioeconomic time fit for child making, that is
I was a desktop kid who kept having to break the windows padlock to play games.
Even better, desktop kids. And then when time comes to upgrade their rig they can research and do it themselves (with some supervision).
It’s also nicer imho when the internet is in a specific place in the house.
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The next generation might be looking at RAM the same way the current generation is looking at houses with the way things are going…
linux is the computers i grew up with
i went raspbian -> fedora -> ubuntu ->
macos-> opensuse -> fedoraLaptop kids gain tech skills
IPad kids gain social media brain
Change my mind
especially if the laptops run linux
Raised a kid on a pc, gen Z, he has no idea how anything works and his eyes go glassy any time we try to explain anything. Millennials are the unique in being more computer literate because we grew up with it.
Well mine know what a terminal is and can execute the commend needed to launch a Java Minecraft server instance soo you’re not wrong ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Gotta get that PrismLauncher to play those modpacks for way too much time :D
modded minecraft is a good gateway drug for getting into tech
its a large part of how i did
facts
Cyberdeck kids slay
I’m a former desktop kid and it shows in my habits of today. I got a desktop computer at age 10, Android smartphone in my mid-teens, switched to a laptop only at age 18, got my first tablet only in my late 20s.
It’s literally my default activity when I’m at home to sit at my desk where a laptop is connected to two computer screens. In fact that’s what I’m doing right now. Meanwhile my tablet is lying somewhere on the couch and I haven’t touched it in weeks, it’s probably not even charged anymore.
Indeed, brother! Unlike the unwashed masses of today, we do not “scroll”. Laying on a couch and “scrolling”? NAY, we sit down in our delectable chairs with lumbar support, at our adjustable desks with perfect posture, we “browse”, we “SURF” the TRUE internet! Unlike those who believe that “the internet” is just a grouping of the 5 most popular websites.
I do scroll on my smartphone too, but not usually when I’m at home, because I have a desktop computer there, way more convenient.
I used to do the same when I was single, but now I can’t set up a desktop in the family living room, so I’m using a laptop instead (and a NAS for storage). There are a lot of moments where I’m thinking that it would be nice to plop down behind a desktop for a moment, but it’s too impractical to set up the laptop and put it away afterwards, which is a shame.
My kids are using an old laptop (running Linux) for gaming. I’ve been thinking about whether it would be good to give them an old desktop at some point, so they can do some tinkering. But the mobility advantage of laptops is real, so that’s a dilemma. Maybe I’ll just let them choose at some point.
Also, no Robux gifts (or Roblox at all, for that matter). They’re getting real games from GOG, Itch, and Steam.
Me when the Southwestern Bell sales rep offered my dad free call waiting and I could finally stop getting in trouble for spending all day on the [dial up] internet when my parents weren’t home.
I’m playing the equiv of Minecraft (Luanti) and my 4 year old sits on my lap and helps me jump and use the two mouse buttons. Usually stuff like this begins with the parent’s habits.
My kid used to sit in my lap and press ‘w’ in Goat Simulator to move us forwards while I ensured the chaos happened. Eventually they added the jump button to their repertoire. Then they learned to use controller so we could play Goat Simulator 3 together in split screen. Eventually they moved out of my lap and they have their own computer now.
We used to play an hour together every day. We 100%'ed Terraria, played through PalWorld, Bluey, A Hat in Time, Vampire Survivors, and a few others. They play through single player games on their own after school nowadays, so that hour each night has been repurposed for reading together. We still play together on the weekends.
They’ll occasionally ask if I remember the silly games we played in Goat Simulator 3, like where we’d both equip brooms, one of us would steal the other’s broom and fly away, leaving the broomless goat to dramatically monologue about how their broom was stolen. Those moments gaming together are precious, and I hope you and your kid enjoy them.
Computer kids will always be more tech savvy than touchscreen kids. They’ll have better critical thinking skills and better abilities to apply their knowledge in ways that aren’t spelled out for them by patronizing tech companies like Google and Apple pushing their walled gardens.
I teach in a makerspace and I have to start every new class by teaching the basics of using a mouse and keyboard. It is really hard to teach 3D modelling to students who have no idea what modifier keys or a scroll wheel is.
I miss the laptop generation. The phones are good for consuming they are not good for creating.
Put my 2 yo in front of CS 1.6 the other day. She managed to switch the game from one screen to the other and I have no idea how. Guess I’m going for the next donk then.
Most likely a key combination
Yea, I switched to Bazzite a little while ago; she apparently found some key combination I wasn’t aware of :D
Better than iPad kids. Not ideal obviously, but still far better.
iPads (and mobile devices/OS’s generally) are designed to be as simplistic and easily understood as possible. They abstract away complexity, have to make menus less cluttered and make buttons larger to accommodate how people use them, and the lower power processors also mean less functionality than desktop-based systems.
If you grow up using less shit, you’ll learn how to use less shit.
I’m going to spoil the shit out of my nephew for Xmas this year who’s just old enough now for some video games with the approval/encouragement of my sister. A fully loaded 3DS XL with a compatible NDS flashcart too plus emulators, themes, and whatever else it sat in a drawer for years with last installed. Battery still good. Hopefully it gives him the tinkering bug with Nintendo’s locked down sandbox blown apart day 1.
Loonix laptop when he’s a little older.
