I’m old. I don’t understand it.

  • foggy@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Like you’re 5… Ok.

    Do you play videogames?

    On the computer or on the TV?

    Like Xbox? PlayStation?

    Cool! Xbox and PlayStation are both “gaming consoles” and they are kinda not too different from a computer, but they’re computers just for videogames. Even like a phone, or a Nintendo switch is a computer.

    All computers have operating systems. Think of this as what’s on the screen when the computer isn’t doing much other than being on. Like the desktop, the home screen. That’s kinda your operating system. It’s the command center where you can use your computers tools!

    Here’s the deal. Linux? It’s an operating system.

    PlayStation uses their own modified version of Linux.

    Xbox doesn’t. They use a modified version of Windows (kinda).

    Apple phones use a modified version of Apple computers operating system.

    Android phones use a modified version of Linux.

    the Operating system in your computer can be Linux, too! 🤓