Nextcloud asked in a poll at https://mastodon.social/@[email protected]/115095096413238457 what database its users are running. Interestingly one fifth replied they don’t know. Should people know better where their data is stored, or is it a good thing everything is running so smoothly people don’t need to know what their software stack is built upon?

  • paraphrand@lemmy.worldEnglish
    165·
    12 days ago

    Every person using a computer should know what their filesystem is and what database they are using. Otherwise they are fools.

    Can you believe kids don’t know what NTFS or APFS are these days?! Stupid iPad babies.

    • paper_moon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      12 days ago

      Haha at some point it did matter to regular folks though. I remember in Junior high when I would try to pirate games or software on Windows, I learned the big difference between fat32 and the new filesystem Microsoft released, NTFS because I couldn’t download files larger than 4GB on fat32.

      • Cousin Mose@lemmy.hogru.chEnglish
        4·
        12 days ago

        It’s important if you’re using flash drives across platforms though that’s pretty rare these days too. My wife has run into this problem by formatting as ExFAT (GUID partition table) when print shops’ terrible machines only support FAT32 and/or MBR partition tables.

        Thankfully macOS at home understands ExFAT otherwise those formatted drives from her Windows work computer wouldn’t even work.

      • panda_abyss@lemmy.caEnglish
        3·
        12 days ago

        That kid is never going to figure out if they downloaded the assignment pdf to “Downloads (iPad)” or “Downloads (iCloud)”

    • ominouslemon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      12 days ago

      Kids don’t event know the folder struture of their Home directory, so why would they know what a File System is? Lol