Nice story, thanks for sharing!! On 2022-04-27 17:31, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote: > Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss said on Thu, 21 Apr 2022 11:12:50 -0700 > >> Hi, >> >> I'm a PHP developer and always thought all opensource developers had >> at least some knowledge of Linux. >> >> Recently I watched a YouTube video that stated otherwise. The >> presenter said it is important to know Linux which will set one apart >> from the crowd. > > This tale of woe is marginally connected to your question... > > My wife and I have triplets. Starting in maybe 2001, when they were > eight years old, I gave them my business' handmedown computers, which > ran Linux. So aside from an ancient DOS computer they shared at age 3, > Linux was their first OS. Ubuntu, as I remember. They used it for > school, social media, and fooling around. > > Every once in a while they'd bitch that their Linux computers weren't > compatible with this or that, I'd say "tough". With triplets, you watch > every penny. > > Just before they went to college, we bought each a laptop, which of > course came with Windows, which they used through college (with each > laptop breaking at an average of 1.5 years). Sometimes they'd bitch > that their laptops were too slow, or ask me for admin advice, and I'd > say "Install Linux". They said "no". > > How people who grew up with Linux can permanently migrate away from it > is beyond me, but now that they buy their own computers, well, their > computers their rules. And I think their early work with Linux gave > them the troubleshooting and configuration habits to work with > something as complex and obfuscated as Windows. > > SteveT > > Steve Litt > March 2022 featured book: Making Mental Models: Advanced Edition > http://www.troubleshooters.com/mmm > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss