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iPhone New iOS Age Verification Sparks Outrage as Users Say 'I Will Switch to Android'
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So you where under 12, when you learned how to use Linux?
In general, I do agree with controls set on children, locally by the parents that is - excluding teenagers.
I first used linux with Ubuntu Hardy Heron, I was 8 or 9 years old...
the 'macs are cool' to 'modifying windows to look like mac' to 'try linux' pipeline was real
I did move back to windows with the windows 7 'black' beta I found on kickasstorrents tho.
Ah... 2008 was a much simpler time (on the internet)
I also discovered Linux when I was around 8-9, Ubuntu 10.10 was my first distro (was already 5 years out of date by then but it's all I had), partially daily drove 14.04 2-3 years later, then went full daily some time in 2021. here I am today using a linux phone, all because "hey dad how do I make windows look like Mac"
I was obsessed with computers and machines ever since I discovered them for the first time
To be fair, having experience in OSes from childhood is certainly a life lesson to the upcoming years within teenhood and adulthood. I'm not undermining this attribute, as within a world of complexity, having any experience already puts you further than most.