I’m 36. I’m well aware how they worked back then, writing my first program in 1988.
New features are added to OSs. This is not new to 2015, and it isnt going to stop because a small subset of users cant deal with new stuff. Maybe one day MS, Apple or Linux will make a Jitterbug OS. Until then no amount of “get off my lawn” whining will force tech to come to a complete halt in development.
That is why your computer today isnt the same as 30 years ago.
It's pretty close. Toughest thing about it for a newbie is making a bootable flash drive to install it. Works better for the basic stuff on a Dell netbook (Yes, I admit I bought one.) than Lubuntu.