There are tech savvy people in every generation and some dumbos. IMO the low bar for being tech savvy has nothing to do with PDFs, it's whether or not you can install a functioning operating system on a device. Anyone who can do that can figure out any of that other stuff.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's not the bar it used to be. You don't even need to worry about device drivers anymore.

Even the most difficult Linux installs now aren't that much more complicated than XP was.

Anything from Home Assistant / Sonarr / Radarr / ntfy / MQTT / LoRa would make my current basic savvy list.

[–] VampirePenguin@midwest.social 4 points 2 days ago

It's a low bar, being less about knowledge and more about willingness and curiosity.

[–] Rancor_Tangerine@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

That's a terrible bar for who is tech savy. I can guarantee Zoomers, on average, are far less competent with technology. It's not their fault they grew up with apps and iPhones.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

I'm conflicted on this. Back in the day, I would normally say: building your own computer was the bar (which includes the OS to me).

Times have changed and all of a sudden (or so it feels) it seems that navigating UIs seems to be making people tech savvy? Quite a lot of kids can navigate things faster than I can, but don't really get what an OS is at all. That makes sense because iPads, Android Phones, Macs and most machines don't require any building or OS installation.