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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Well, I know that many "normal" people "use linux". My mother's and my grandmother's laptops both run linux, while my mother's knowledge of computer is somewhere between "normal" and "passable", while my grandmother's computer knowledge quickly moves from ignorant (three months ago she had no access to PC) towards "established nerd". Both have linux simply because I installed it, and none is suffering. They feel comfortable (with notable exceptions of dealing with internet provider tech.support which has absolutely no idea of Linux).
The case is that normal users don't use Linux, Windows or OSX. They use internet, document editing, spreadsheet editing, music and video player and so on. They just know enough to find a way around and not interested enough to care about technical details.