How Old Is The Average Ubuntu User?

[kevin11951]

I was just wondering how old the average ubuntu user is (by ubuntu user i mean; discovered, installed, and configured for use) and post in the poll how old you are.

[superstylin]

Interesting :)

More votes please!


:guitar:

[davidjmayo]

"young" enough to start out with CP/M

voted already

[bobbocanfly]

14. Wouldnt be surprised if the young ones take over massively by the end of this poll.

[jrlii]

Old enough to have used Honeywell GCOSIII and IBM mainframe DOS, punch cards, paper tapes, and 110 baud modems.

[BobCFC]

grrrrrrrr, now that I'm 27 I always fall into the next category with the old folk

Started with
Amstrad CPC 6128 in '85 (128K ram!!)
BBC B (64K ram!)
Acorn A5000 (2mb upgraded to 4mb ram!)
Amiga 1200 (2mb ram)
Pentium 166 (32mb)
Athlon 650 (512mb)
Athlon 1.33 (1gb)
Core2Duo 2.4 (8gb)

Not to mention consoles

EDIT: my family had a ZX81 but I was too young really

[Warren Watts]

"young" enough to start out with CP/M

I was about 15 when my dad bought a Kaypro 2....

I still remember the keyboard commands for WordStar... :D

I learned a lot form that machine.

[goumples]

21.. be 22 in a couple months :)

[kronk]

rofl

110 baud modem ! Feel the powa ;)

I did "see" a punch card machine once !

Voted :)

[candtalan]

Why does the survey stop at 50+ for goodness sakes? I am mid 60's and I am installing like wildfire into this age group and also into the mid 80's age group.

Ubuntu is *ideal* for older users not least because of the easy security it and Linux offers, and also the patient community which surrounds it. Security is greatly appreciated by the friends I have help install to.

The additional age ranges up to above 80 would be an advantage. Ubuntu is good for all ages! A lack of older users would suggest them not knowing about it, and further a lack of friends or family members (FOFM's) who are able to inform and support less able ordinary users or novices.

[candtalan]

14. Wouldnt be surprised if the young ones take over massively by the end of this poll.

It will signal not ubuntu users, but which users have an active online presence. Very different. The elderly ubuntu users I know do not have an online presence. In fact the elderly non ubuntu users also do not have an online presence!

[misfitpierce]

19 here and 20 on aug 24th... woooo

[~~Tito~~]

14, WOOT!!!! I love Ubuntu. I wonder if there is anyone younger than 13 on here?

[Baby Boy]

18 y/o here...I feel kind of stupid for wasting my time on Windows so far and not trying out any Linux. Could've learned a lot.

[kevin11951]

It will signal not ubuntu users, but which users have an active online presence. Very different. The elderly ubuntu users I know do not have an online presence. In fact the elderly non ubuntu users also do not have an online presence!
Well if there so old that they dont go online they dont need to be in this pole. (im not mean, what are you talking about!?)

[kevin11951]

14, WOOT!!!! I love Ubuntu. I wonder if there is anyone younger than 13 on here?

if there was, ide be scared shitless!!!

[bchaffin72]

Soon to be 35. I started on computers when the Apple II was the king of most classrooms.

[Miguel]

I'm 25, turning 26 in October.

[Zzl1xndd]

23 my very first computer was a Macintosh.

[walkerk]

24

[ekravche]

I'm turning 26 so now by that scale I'm considered an old geezar (26-40).

[bapoumba]

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=61048
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=338832

There are already several polls regarding this. I'm closing here (and another one I missed, BTW). Please continue on the pre-existing threads.
I'm not merging, because polls are lost on merging. Thanks.