Linked by Jordan Spencer Cunningham on Tue 30th Jun 2009 16:48 UTC
While traversing about the web this afternoon, I came across a rather funny subject title for a forum post. The person asked if any "normal" people use Linux, but went on to ask forgiveness for the lack of a better word than "normal." He wonders if anyone who isn't an open source, uber-geeky, stay-up-until-dawn-exploring-code fanatic actually uses Linux. Though the congregation here at OSNews is (obviously) comprised of very many of the aforementioned fanatics (in a sense; wear the title with pride), I also believe there to be many readers who are more or less "normal," for the lack of a better word, and plenty who may fall in between both spectrums of nerdiness.
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But what is the definition of "using"? Cause If the definition is too tight (like using it on a device you can touch), perhaps it's not too many people (though it's growing... even if people don't notice it)... but if the definition is a bit untight, then who isn't using google or yahoo or tivo or cheap cisco routers (those two I think would fit in the tigh definition but...), etc? In other words, a lot of normal (and to its left) are using Linux.
Anyway.... I think I'm knowledgeable in your scale, Thom.