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Despite tech-savvy reputation, Gen Z falls behind in keyboard typing skills (www.techspot.com)

submitted 2 months ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] yoshisaur@lemm.ee 169 points 2 months ago (32 children)

I’m part of Gen Z, and no, we as a generation AREN’T tech savvy. just because we grew up with smart phones does not make us tech savvy. in fact, i actually think it made us dumber with tech. i’m the only one in my school who knows how to use a command line and code (i also use linux as my daily driver). meanwhile everyone else doesn’t even know what a freaking file manager is

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 months ago (24 children)

Hi, I’m a programmer. Most of my classmates didn’t know how to use Linux.

Now, I’ve realized that newer products are being developed via Visual Studio so……

Linux and command line knowledge aren’t the same as being tech savvy

[–] yoshisaur@lemm.ee 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

linux can be used through mostly GUI now so i partly agree with you, but installing linux can be quite a hard task for those who aren’t tech savvy. i’m pretty sure being able to do the following can be considered tech savvy:

change boot settings
flash an ISO to a USB drive
shrink windows partition into a new one for linux
boot from USB
actually install linux
get used to linux

Edit: the thing is… everyone is so used to things being pre-installed (ie windows/macOS/iOS), being able to download apps easily from the apple App Store. anything even slightly more complicated than that is too hard for them. i’ve had a graphic design class with some people a few years ago and some of them had to ask me for help for how to open a file, save, and export. if something isn’t completely, 100% automated for them, they can’t do it.

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Can you not order Ubuntu on a DVD anymore? Also you’re explaining dual boot. You can just single boot linux

[–] yoshisaur@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

i’m not sure. most people at my school use a laptop at their main computer, so they couldn’t use an ubuntu DVD anyways. i personally prefer dual boot over single boot

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

… did everyone remove the media drive off laptops? There are also external media drives.

[–] pmc@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 2 months ago

New laptops don't have optical drives. I don't think there's a single manufacturer that still has them.

Hell, most new computer cases (much to my chagrin) don't even have 5 1/4" bays.

[–] AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

I think it has been probably more than 5 years since I have seen an optical drive on a new laptop.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

ultrahellabased.tar.gz

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