How old are you?

[elustran]

I've been wondering what kind of users are attracted to Linux. Are we gruff old goats still in love with command lines, or are we a bunch of kids rebelling against the norm? How young is the Linux crowd? How many old folks are giving Ubuntu a shot?

[-grubby]

There's a thread just like this here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=686279)

EDIT: With that being said, I'm 15

[Tux.Ice]

im 10 and im a power user && system admin

sudo apt-get purge windows && sudo apt-get install ubuntu :D

[elustran]

There's a thread just like this here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=686279)
Wish this would let me finish writng my poll before posting thread to the boards... The other thread had no poll.

[Fenris_rising]

41 here, going on 16. lol. zx81 was my first foray into computing.
those were the days, 600 lines of basic all typed up from a magazine
and the next thing you knew.........RAMPACK WOBBLE.........600 lines disappear never to be seen again. why have i turned to 'linux'? because its bloody better than what ive had to use, free and has free'd me from overpriced overhyped pap! all those guys who compile and design all the software, for linux, i could ever dream of have my undying respect and gratitude for what they do.

[AdrianStrays]

This should be turned into a poll.

Me? I'm 69




:D

[Superkoop]

Me = 18
Me started = 17
Ubuntu = ☺

<edit text="hey what about the people under 13"/>

[ibuclaw]

im 10 and im a power user && system admin

sudo apt-get purge windows && sudo apt-get install ubuntu :D

Yeah, well I'm four months old and know Basic, BASH, C, C++, Cobol, Lua and Perl.
And my Mother/Father Tongues are English/Polish...

:lolflag:

Not really. I'm 19.

Oh, and also, don't use horrible Debian puns to show-off your hate for Windows.
It's really not a good thing (or cool) to do...

ps -fu

Regards
Iain

[acelin]

I am 19 almost 20 now, and was 17 when I first used Ubuntu, same age when I first used Linux.

[HermanAB]

Hmm, I studied Unix post grad when Linus was still in school...

I use whatever works. At the moment, Linux works pretty darn well and for security it can't be beat.

[AmishFury]

my age is classified information

[chucky chuckaluck]

51

[Atomic Dog]

well over half are under 22 years old. man do I feel like an old fart.

[Fedz]

Mine's a state secret ;)

Going on the results so far, I'm a very old git on this forum :lol:

[Kingsley]

Mine's a state secret ;)

Going on the results so far, I'm a very old git on this forum :lol:
Hmm. Is Eve your grandmother? :)

[ladr0n]

18. I've been toying with *nixes for a couple years now. I started on ubuntu, went distro hopping like a madman for a while, and I've finally settled back with ubuntu.


im 10 and im a power user && system admin

sudo apt-get purge windows && sudo apt-get install ubuntu :D

My 5 year old brother runs FreeBSD + KDE on his desktop...

No kidding. He loves playing Frozen Bubble and kSameGame on the old Pentium II HP Pavilion I resurrected for him :lolflag:

[popch]

Hmm. Is Eve your grandmother? :)

Oh, her - I left her on account of my phobia of snakes. Fond memories, indeed, and a lovely garden, too.

[Eisenwinter]

I'm 19

[grossaffe]

Where i go to college, they advertize linux as the operating system you should use as a programmer. they wouldn't let you use windows in the labs. That was my first real experience with linux, so i decided it was about time to use the live-CD that my friend gave me. haven't really looked back since installing it.

[sica07]

I'm 26.
The first computer I used - 386
The first OS I used - DOS
The first Linux distro I used - Fedora (in 2004, yep I'm a young Linux user)
The last thing I would do - stop learning

[master5o1]

I'm 19 now (April 20 1989)

Started using Linux in January 2006 with Linspire 5.0, started Ubuntu in March. I haven't had windows on either of my computers since a before Ubuntu 6.10 (bar my laptop which came vista-preinstalled and promptly removed).

It has actually gone to the stage where I do not like to use anything that is not Linux. Windows just annoys me, MacOS X is too controlled.

[LeoSolaris]

I'm 26, for the record.

I don't mind saying that despite using Linux, I don't do a lick of programming, nor do I want to. I may be geeky, but I just never got around to learning programming. Too busy playing soldier I guess.

Leo

[Chame_Wizard]

21 since 4 monts :lolflag:

[pape]

33

The story goes something like this:

Commodore 64 (1985)
Commodore Amiga
Intel 286
Intel Pentium 2 (first install of Linux in 2002)
AMD Duron
AMD Athlon 64

[nick09]

I'm 16.

And this poll should have a option for 1-12(there is people below 12 who visit this forum).

[kevdog]

I voted 71+ just to represent any old folks who were shy about responding.

[Pethegreat]

I am 18. I have been a Linux user for 6 months now.

Computers:
286 with DOS(first for me, I was 6)
486 with windows 3.1
PII with windows 95-98
P4 with windows XP(I got intrested in computers once I started gaming on a PC when I was 13)
AMD X2 with Ubuntu 7.10

[w7kmc]

In looking at the results here...I see two demographic types of Ubuntu users out there that are starting to stand out...

1. The "rebellious" teenager/college kid type...

2. The 35-45 year old guy that grew up playing with Commodore 64's and Apple II's.

I fall into the #2 category.

[The Mekon]

I voted 71+ just to represent any old folks who were shy about responding.

Good God there are another two old farts who admit to being 71+ like me:)

Brian

[halisemre]

I missed my twenties..live your life when you can...

[AaronMT]

I am 22 and a student studying Software Development and Computer Programming & Analysis.

I have been using Linux off and on for maybe five years.

[Dr Small]

I am 17 here, and have been playing with computers ever since around 13-14. Am a programmer (in some aspects), and ArchLinux user.

[y-lee]

I'm 48 and the first computer i ever used was a pdp 11 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-11):)

[Shazaam]

54

[elustran]

Good God there are another two old farts who admit to being 71+ like me:)

Brian
May we all be playing around with the latest Linux distro (now running on our virtual implant interfaces supporting quantum sub-processors) too when we're your age.

[kk0sse54]

16 :guitar:

[rouge568]

I'm quite pleasantly surprised by the nice curve we're getting.
Oh, and 15.

[elustran]

I'm quite pleasantly surprised by the nice curve we're getting.
Oh, and 15.
Now I wonder how that curve extends downward, and it seems like a few other posters have too... maybe I should have put a section in for kids to vote rather than adhering to the 'under 13' taboo.

[unisol]

im 59, retired and lovin it!

[Iehova]

I'm 18, and I've used ubuntu since Dapper came out, so since I was 16. Prior to that I used SuSe when I was 15-16.