I think you and I (and the author of the article) are in agreement here. I used to really be into building my own computers, etc. I even told my nephew at a computer “Swap meet” in Kent WA back in the 90’s to “soak it all in, because this is a brief moment in history, like when the Model T first brought cars to the masses. When computers become everyday items this will all go away.”
He’s now a computer geek and really gets into this stuff. I moved on to buying a hobby farm and mainly use my computer to surf the net, use VDI/VPN to do my job from home, practice my bass for gigs using youtube stuff, and play Command and Conquere. I also record CD’s and DVD’s and print on them on my Epson printer. It all works and I don’t want to mess with it. It’s just a tool.
But if I were in my 20’s or 30’s, I’d probably be all over Linux and trying to get my friends to get it.
I had a dual boot windows OS2 Warp machine back in the day. ;)
Ha! I think I know exactly where that swap meet used to take place and squandered way too many hard-earned dollars buying junk there!
I LOVED my OS2 Warp based BBS. It would run rings around any MS distribution available.