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News Flash: Linux Popular With Young Guys

A survey performed by the Novell-sponsored openSUSE project confirms that while Linux may be touted as the platform of choice for Third World schoolchildren, in reality most of its users fall squarely into the Slashdot demographic. A typical Linux desktop user is a guy in his twenties who’s computer savvy but may very well not […]

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A survey performed by the Novell-sponsored openSUSE project confirms that while Linux may be touted as the platform of choice for Third World schoolchildren, in reality most of its users fall squarely into the Slashdot demographic.

A typical Linux desktop user is a guy in his twenties who's computer savvy but may very well not be an IT professional ... an openSUSE Linux desktop user tends to be a student ... a plurality of users are in their twenties ... For those who are working full time, the greatest number, 21.4 percent, work as system administrators ... What these users look for in an operating system is -- in order of ranking from most important to least -- stability, security, hardware support, and usability.

Who are the Linux desktop users? [DesktopLinux.com]