But I'm Generation Z and I have to update my mom's Linux Mint laptop because she can't pay attention when I show her.
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I wrote a shell script my mom just has to click on to run the updates and she still can't figure it out. The filename is literally "ClickHereToRunUpdatesMom.sh"
I'm also Gen Z
Though i’m the very tail end of genX and a “computer expert”, I pretty much think that the millennial generation being the only generation was all part of a solid de-education plan. At the rate we’re going Its only a matter of time where the tech we have today is forced to be only approved OS, controlled, monitored and IT capable people who know how to bypass will be arrested for violating the law.
The water is starting to get warm…
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Just ask an AI to fix it.
YOUR COMPUTER NEEDS AN RTX 5090 SUPER RUNNING THE SKYNET CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICE TO WORK PROPERLY.
Easy
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Am i a rare GenZ or do i just hang around with unicorns because we are all active in IT. Me programming nog hardware but still
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There are nerds in every generation.
I'm GenX, I bought my first PC in 1988, and made a living in part, setting up LANs, back when knowing anything at all about computers could get you a job. GenX early adopters taught millennials computers.
Deletes entire hardrive.
Installs arch Linux.
"OK it's fixed, gotta go, see ya!"
Gen X, Millennials, Gen Z, etc. are marketing bullshit that need to stop being used in the common lexicon.
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I wish!
Not in my household.