this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2026
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Like the few kinda tech literate GenZers are gonna have to form some guild to keep the internet running at like early 90s levels.

"Brother Jeramathy! The Omni-Web has frozen, I did the ritual of resetting but it did not work!"

"Sister Kathaliynnry, you made a simple error, you only reset the Mirror of Many Pixels, not the Tower of Processing. My Millennial Master Father Steve taught me such, may the Omnissiah watch over his soul."

"I pray for the birth of the Star Millennial to usher in the new golden age of tech!"

Edit: I was kinda hoping the response to this post would more be people joking about my Warhammer reference, but instead y'all be posting serious analysis here. Real buzzkill.

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I'd say the best way to do it is make it an interactive and exciting event. Buy them a nice laptop (maybe a framework build it yourself kit so they can put it together) and then sit down with them and watch some videos on different linux distros. Look at how things can be customized. Then let them pick a distro to install on it. Let them do the work while you guide them. The excitment of having their own computer will outweigh the work of having to do all that and they'll learn during the process. And using a linux machine will be a constant learning experience for them too.