Names For Linux Users

[snickers295]

I am Thinking of Names For Linux Users!
If you Can Think of one post it here!
the only one i can think of now is Linucan ("Linu" in Linux And "an" as in many nations)
if you can think of one it could be history!
just imagine 30 years from now when linux is mainstream and no one knows what windows was every linux user could be called what you type here!!!!
thanks for your replys!
make sure you can pronounce it.

[tgalati4]

How about:

Lusers

[TidusBlade]

I would just stick with "Linux User" :P OR else, it would be linuxer probably, something simple, as im guessing the next generation would be pretty stupid...

[Steveway]

the only one i can think of now is Linucan (Linu in Linux And can In American)
You know, there is much more besides America. :(
Also: Linux-users :)

[n3tfury]

How about:

Lusers

LOL

you're lucky tgalati posted that. it saved the thread.

[snickers295]

You know, there is much more besides America. :(
Also: Linux-users :)
i know i said that is the only one i can think of because linuxesse or linesse sounds more like the linux language Linuxites doesn't sound good to me and linish sounds like a language.
no offense to other nations :).
linuxer sounds cool and luser? lol try better next time lol.

[fualad]

How about:

Lusers

personally i find this one very fitting. :lolflag:

[snickers295]

personally i find this one very fitting. :lolflag:
if i was trying to insult linux i would do it right.
example:i pidgin was flying and hit a window and yelled "!$@$ windows" i would use the pledge cleaner on linux.

[n3tfury]

if i was trying to insult linux i would do it right.
example:i pidgin was flying and hit a window and yelled "!$@$ windows" i would use the pledge cleaner on linux.

wow.

[snickers295]

wow.
yup i don't waste time on making something harder then it has to be.
i just do it lol:).

[snickers295]

if we can get enough real good names i will make a poll for everyone else to see and i will start using that name instead of linux users.:popcorn:

[Lord Illidan]

How about filthy commies:lolflag:

Or else do it the matrix way..

Linux users are a virus.

[lyceum]

I just call myself an Ubuntu user. Linux is the kernel, and it is unfair to all the hard work others have put in. After all, Mac users are Mac users, not BSD users.

That being said,

geek
LXuzR
Freedom lover
(K, X, ed, etc)Ubuntu user (as said)
LXR

but I like LXuzR best, or LXusR (I like the "us" in the middle and it just looks cool)

:guitar:

[snickers295]

I just call myself an Ubuntu user. Linux is the kernel, and it is unfair to all the hard work others have put in. After all, Mac users are Mac users, not BSD users.

That being said,

geek
LXuzR
Freedom lover
(K, X, ed, etc)Ubuntu user (as said)
LXR

but I like LXuzR best, or LXusR (I like the "us" in the middle and it just looks cool)

:guitar:
that does look cool.
can you pronounce it?

[corney91]

Just Plain Cool...:lolflag:
Linux-user tells it like it is but it's not very imaginative. An Ubuntu specific one could be Ubunter

[snickers295]

Just Plain Cool...:lolflag:
Linux-user tells it like it is but it's not very imaginative. An Ubuntu specific one could be Ubunter
thats a good one i will add that one to my list.

[popch]

Since Ubuntu is Linux for humans, the users ought to be called

humans

[rustybronco]

Linlush, for the over indulgers.

[snickers295]

Since Ubuntu is Linux for humans, the users ought to be called

humans
added to my list.

[Lord Illidan]

Since Ubuntu is Linux for humans, the users ought to be called

humans

What are humans? Where can I get one? Free, preferably.. I'm hungry.

[corney91]

Since Ubuntu is Linux for humans, the users ought to be called

humans

Seems so simple #-o

[snickers295]

Linlush, for the over indulgers.
sounds more like the linux language i will be making in the next few months.

[popch]

What are humans? Where can I get one? Free, preferably.. I'm hungry.

rtFm -or- diy

[snickers295]

Seems so simple #-o
what do you mean by that.
if you mean its simple to add to my list all i have to do is type it in open office and save.

[snickers295]

rtFm????:confused:

[popch]

????:confused:

RTFM is the answer we are not usually supposed to give in that forum. Since this is a family place, I can not otherwise call attention to one of those words in particular.

That serves as reply to the query on how and where to find humans, of course.

[snickers295]

RTFM is the answer we are not usually supposed to give in that forum. Since this is a family place, I can not otherwise call attention to one of those words in particular.

That serves as reply to the query on how and where to find humans, of course.
ok please don't say that on this post ok?

[American_Outcast]

Name for Linux users for the future.

Those who are smart and know what they want and use Linux because it is stable, free and the future and it is oh so much better then any other OS out there.

So in short we could be called the,

T.W.A.S.A.K.W.T.W.A.U.L.B.I.I.S.F.A.T.F.A.I.I.O.S. M.B.T.A.O.O.T.' ers

;);););)

[snickers295]

Ok everyone lets start thinking of ones we can pronounce ok?

[troy1of2]

Truly Awesome Individuals works for me.

:guitar::lolflag:

[n3tfury]

sounds more like the linux language i will be making in the next few months.

er, what

[Ultra Magnus]

I think we already have allot of nick names, one of my favourites is:
Penguinistas

[snickers295]

er, what
i have always wanted to make a language so why not make a linux language.
i will make another post on it when i get ready ok?

[n3tfury]

you mean a spoken language?

[snickers295]

you mean a spoken language?
yup if i can ever get the language together.

[n3tfury]

you sound like a kid that's got a good imagination and some drive. i'd put it towards something else within LInux that people would actually USE. no offense, but nobody's going to want to learn that.

[Tom Mann]

Is *nuxer too close to *nixer?

[corney91]

what do you mean by that.
if you mean its simple to add to my list all i have to do is type it in open office and save.

I meant obvious, because it's in the Ubuntu motto.

I think I'm going to be up all night thinking of ideas :)

[snickers295]

you sound like a kid that's got a good imagination and some drive. i'd put it towards something else within LInux that people would actually USE. no offense, but nobody's going to want to learn that.
yes i'm a kid.
i am home schooled so when i'm bored i just mess around with things.
i didn't think people would want to learn it its just for the moment i got nothing better to do.
being bored got me to learn basic pascal, c++, c, html and a little css so i'm just going for the next thing that comes up in my head.

[snickers295]

Is *nuxer too close to *nixer?
ya think so

[snickers295]

I meant obvious, because it's in the Ubuntu motto.

I think I'm going to be up all night thinking of ideas :)
awesome just post them here when you think of some

[k33bz]

must agree. just plain old Linux-User

[yorkie]

Ubuntoo`s or the Tribe
Fedorians
Sussers
Mandrivians.

[flawedprefect]

Yogis - cos we're Smarter than the average ware...

ok, bad pun.

[American_Outcast]

must agree. just plain old Linux-User

Linux User.....

I agree with that too. We will just be considered the Linux Generation.

[k33bz]

Linux User.....

I agree with that too. We will just be considered the Linux Generation.
def agree

btw, love that avatar

[American_Outcast]

btw, love that avatar


Thank you :)

[KhaaL]

how about penguins?! :p

[XVII]

Contrary to popular belief, we are just normal people.

[American_Outcast]

Contrary to popular belief, we are just normal people.


I disagree. I am a Linux user and there is nothing normal about me..... Oh, wait, thats not a good thing is it ;) :lolflag:

[snickers295]

I disagree. I am a Linux user and there is nothing normal about me..... Oh, wait, thats not a good thing is it ;) :lolflag:
lol me too

[snickers295]

I will wait for a few more names then i will attach a .odt with the list of names and my rankings.

[lyceum]

that does look cool.
can you pronounce it?

LXuzR - luhks-U-zer

[snickers295]

heres the list and what i personally thought about the names.

[wieman01]

Geeks.

[Chilli Bob]

How about...

Tuxophiles. i.e. persons suffering Tuxophilia.

I've been suffering Distrophilia for several months now.

[leona]

Freedom Fighters :)

Free, enlighened, Inspired users.

Peace :)

[derekr44]

If there was more than one, would they be called Linuxi? (lin-ux-eye)

[corney91]

I can't really think of any good ones, but possibly something with Tux in it. I'll let someone more creative develop on it :)

[TedGarvin]

Anyone for LINuts? Or how about Canadians?

[snickers295]

Anyone for LINuts? Or how about Canadians?
geek fits me the most.
linuxi is good.
tux fits like tribe.

[popch]

Anyone for LINuts?

meaning that we're all nuttier than a fruit cake?

[snickers295]

i guess but what i have tasted of fruit cake there ain't no telling whats in it :confused:

[LanDan]

can i vote for "Masochists" ?

[snickers295]

ignoring that post.

[IYY]

Hackers.

It's the only proper term.

[snickers295]

Hackers.

It's the only proper term.
that does match but we do (or at least i do) only Legal hacking by doing it only on my own system.

[Kimmik]

Freetards?

[IYY]

that does match but we do (or at least i do) only Legal hacking by doing it only on my own system.

Hacking has nothing to do with legality. This is just an unfortunate mistake made by the media. Someone who breaks into other computers is not called a Hacker, but a cracker. Some crackers are also hackers, but certainly not the majority.

See the Jargon File (http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/index.html) for information about hacker culture (this file has been around since 1975).

[markp1989]

the term linux users makes it sound as if linux is a drug lol

[American_Outcast]

crackersI can't see news outlets using that word. It has been used a lot in the past, 70's and 80's, in the US and it was a racist word against white people. For those of us that remember those days, you have to admit it is a bit funny to hear, "In the latest news. A few cracker's broke into several computers at....." I can just see George Jefferson doing the story now, ;) :lolflag:

[snickers295]

Hacking has nothing to do with legality. This is just an unfortunate mistake made by the media. Someone who breaks into other computers is not called a Hacker, but a cracker. Some crackers are also hackers, but certainly not the majority.

See the Jargon File (http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/index.html) for information about hacker culture (this file has been around since 1975).
ok thanks.

[IYY]

By the way, here's the exact definition of Hacker in the Jargon File: http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/H/hacker.html


1. A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary. RFC1392, the Internet Users' Glossary, usefully amplifies this as: A person who delights in having an intimate understanding of the internal workings of a system, computers and computer networks in particular.

2. One who programs enthusiastically (even obsessively) or who enjoys programming rather than just theorizing about programming.

3. A person capable of appreciating hack value.

4. A person who is good at programming quickly.

5. An expert at a particular program, or one who frequently does work using it or on it; as in ‘a Unix hacker’. (Definitions 1 through 5 are correlated, and people who fit them congregate.)

6. An expert or enthusiast of any kind. One might be an astronomy hacker, for example.

7. One who enjoys the intellectual challenge of creatively overcoming or circumventing limitations.

8. [deprecated] A malicious meddler who tries to discover sensitive information by poking around. Hence password hacker, network hacker. The correct term for this sense is cracker.

The term ‘hacker’ also tends to connote membership in the global community defined by the net (see the network. For discussion of some of the basics of this culture, see the How To Become A Hacker FAQ. It also implies that the person described is seen to subscribe to some version of the hacker ethic (see hacker ethic).

It is better to be described as a hacker by others than to describe oneself that way. Hackers consider themselves something of an elite (a meritocracy based on ability), though one to which new members are gladly welcome. There is thus a certain ego satisfaction to be had in identifying yourself as a hacker (but if you claim to be one and are not, you'll quickly be labeled bogus). See also geek, wannabee.

This term seems to have been first adopted as a badge in the 1960s by the hacker culture surrounding TMRC and the MIT AI Lab. We have a report that it was used in a sense close to this entry's by teenage radio hams and electronics tinkerers in the mid-1950s.

[snickers295]

your right.
i guess some linux users are hackers.

[misfitpierce]

Down with humans :)

[snickers295]

what are you a evil 4 headed Bunny\:}!!!.

[Tux Aubrey]

It will be hard to get any uptake of a generic name for Linux users.

I like 'nixers myself - as it incorporates the broader OSS community and can be varied for your 'nix of choice.

Perhaps Ubuntu users could be "ubunixers/kubunixers/xubunixers"", Mepis users "mepinixers", Puppy users "puppinixers".

This probably wouldn't work for PCLinuxOS.:)

But hey, there would be some cool ones:

Ubuntu Studio - ubustudinixers

It could even be personalised.

RAV TUX would be a XubuEnlinixer

Fuscia would be an UbuOpeBonixer

[init1]

I like Linucan for the sound of it, but I wouldn't want the "can" to be a reference to "American". I also agree that 'nixers is a nice name. I guess I would be a antixer, or slitaxer.

[American_Outcast]

I like Linucan for the sound of it, but I wouldn't want the "can" to be a reference to "American". I also agree that 'nixers is a nice name. I guess I would be a antixer, or slitaxer.

Uhm, "can" is also at the end of Mexican and "an" is at the end of many others.

[init1]

Uhm, "can" is also at the end of Mexican and "an" is at the end of many others.



the only one i can think of now is Linucan (Linu in Linux And can In American)

The original post mentioned American

[snickers295]

The original post mentioned American
i didn't mean to be disrespectful to others nations its just the first thing to come to mind. i will edit it.

[snickers295]

I'm sorry.
is that any better.

[euler_fan]

Tuxer would be my vote.

[argie]

How about filthy commies:lolflag:

Or else do it the matrix way..

Linux users are a virus.

Ha ha, I love that.

"Where's the start button?"
"Sorry, I'm a filthy commie."

Ha ha ha.