Old farts and new Linux

[John Nichel]

T. Ribbrock wrote:
> Well, I got the impression that especially the (technical) folks who are
> 30-40 now have more of a tendency to know what computers actually *are*.
> I'm 35 now and "my generation" was the one that started off on VIC20s (I
> did), Sinclairs or even self-built Z80/6502 machines. Most of us would
> have gotten their hands dirty on assembler at some point and also would
> have been used to the command line right from the start. The younger
> folks seem to be spoiled by the "GUI-it-all" virus that spread later...
> ;-) As such, especially the technical folks my age seem to have the
> openess and knowledge needed to try other stuff.
> 
> Cheerio,
> 
> Thomas (first Unix experience 1991 at university, Linux user since RHL4.1
>         - I think 1997)

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