What are Ubuntu users like?

**SuperFreak** · April 24th, 2011

This article describes PC users as old and stody whereas MAC users are cool and young. It leaves open the question what are Linux users like? I think as Linux is used on PCs but uses a Unix based OS similar to MACs that we are exhibit the best of both worlds; young but experienced, cool but conservative in attitude, etc. What do you think?

http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/04/...ers/index.html

**wojox** · April 24th, 2011

After being a member and user of Ubuntu Linux I would have to say that it's a melting pot of individuals here.

Your question should have been "What are Linux users like". That's a more fair comparison.

**SuperFreak** · April 24th, 2011

Corrected. Clearly it was wrong to focus on one distro

**sffvba[e0rt** · April 24th, 2011

Well the make-up of Ubuntu users will vary considerably from those using Gentoo (if you look at the group in total)...

So I guess there are two questions: "How is a typical Ubuntu user like ?" and "How is a typical Linux user like?" ... As I don't like to be placed in a box or do that to others I will simply say... You will typically find an Ubuntu user running some varition of the Ubuntu distro on a PC they own or frequently use.

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**alaukikyo** · April 24th, 2011

You should have it as GNU/Linux users since linux is just the kernel .

and i think it is too stupid to generalize users as there's a vast variety of individuals using GNU/Linux .

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**Gibbs** · April 24th, 2011

On the user group mailing list I use it tends to be young people and old people with less in-between from what i've noticed.

I think Ubuntu would be different from other distributions in terms of generalisation. For me personally I used Ubuntu, along with other Linux distros, because I perceived it to be better, faster to get things done (with and without a shell) and thirdly because its accessible due to it being free in price.

I only really grasped free, as in free software, and its importance when setting up and managing servers. I would imagine the importance of "freedom" among user bases varies for each distro too.

At the end of the day its a very mixed bunch as you would expect. The only thing I can imagine, even with Ubuntu, is that users stem from other users who have interests in computers which isn't necessarily the case with other operating systems.

In terms of Mac; Mac is for young people who want to be cool and old people who want to be young, both of whom aren't

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Contrary to popular belief I don't think they have vast amount of disposable income similar to how a lot of iPhone buyers come from low income backgrounds. Its street cred for people that don't know a lot about technology and the fact that they can get better for free. I say give a Linux distro a shiny logo with some silver hardware and market it for 2 grand a pop and see what happens.