2009/7/29 Aldo Foot <lunixer@xxxxxxxxx>: > On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 10:04 AM, john wendel<jwendel10@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Seriously (well not really), >> >> http://desktoplinuxreviews.com/2009/07/27/hannah-montana-linux/ >> >> Regards, >> >> John > > I no longer underestimate what kids can learn these days. I see kids > doing things > with gadgets I never thought possible :-) > But Linux? that's got to be the Final Frontier... Speaking as someone who has tried to teach modern kids some things I learnt when I was their age, I'm still surprised at how they can fit so much information into 160 characters, but can't master simple mechanical operations. I think even when I was a teenager (little more than a decade ago Gene!), life was stuffed with so much less technology, that I had a lot more time for the simpler things in life. I lived in the suburbs of a major city in the UK when I was a teenager. By day I spent my time in the woods lighting fires and making dens, by night I spent my time trading "warez" on IRC on a 28k modem. Occasionally I went to school. I've spoken to a lot of 14-18yr olds in the course of my volunteer work and I'm still continually amazed about what has changed in the average kid's life. Now they come home from school and spend their time playing computer games and messaging their friends on Bebo, MySpace and Facebook. There's no real understanding among the majority of computer users of how it works, how you program it and how to fix it any more - the fundamental way they are using computers is completely different to how I was brought up. An operating system is now a gateway to the services you use - as long as you can get the same IM programs, p2p and websites that all your mates are using, what's under the hood just isn't a factor any more. -- Sam -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
