I've seen maybe 4 people using Linux in real life and 2 of them are friends/family
If you're in any of the Linux related discords for long enough to pick up on it you'll realize there are a lot of kids there
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It's a pretty good indicator. If you spend all day working with computers chances are you'll be able to type quickly
Pretty sure someone who doesn't know to plug their GPU in is probably not running Linux
We didn't have specific typing class but we had IT in both primary and secondary, at least late gen z got plenty of computer time in school and most I know in my generation are decent typists at least
Man look at millennials turning into boomers at record pace
"back in my day we did things properly, now all these damn kids... etc etc"
!remindme 14 hours
!remind me 12 hours
If you mean for picking which distro you like, assuming you don't want something unique like qubes or nixos the only thing that really matters is DE and package manager, everything else you can install/uninstall as you see fit (if you really want to you can change the DE yourself too)
Every Debian based distro is the same operating system underneath with different stuff installed, every redhat based system is the same story
That said certain distros come with a lot more pre installed that you probably want (for example the zip command)
I don't really get the obsession a lot of people seem to have with trying to push Linux on people who are content with windows
It's great for technical people who actually understand the reasons to use it but I really doubt switching to Linux even if it works perfectly and never breaks down (which it probably won't) will it really be a net positive effect on the lives of non technical users.
To repeat the same thing everyone always says if all they're using is a browser they could be using any OS, but at that point windows serves them perfectly well and doesn't require the local nerd's help when they want to edit an image or something
Windows is not difficult to install, it's just tedious and full of anti privacy options most people don't care about
Also don't think 90% of people will ever install an operating system in the first place anyway
Teenagers are not lazy and are definitely installing it have you seen the hyprland discord
That's a conscious decision though I said someone who doesn't know