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01-17-2007, 12:31 PM #1Web Hosting Guru
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93 percent of Linux users are male
I just stumbled on this Linux survey via Digg. According to it, 93% of Linux users are male, which may not be a huge surprise...
http://www.gridter.com/cgi-bin/surve...ey_name=survey
I wonder what the female percentage on WHT is?Pingdom - Be the first to know when your site is down
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01-17-2007, 12:41 PM #2Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by Pingdom
Here is a snipit from our media kit:
Site Demographics
Male 95%
18-34 69%
The technology sector heavily biased toward males but that is slowly changing.
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01-17-2007, 06:00 PM #3Big fan of RajiniKanth!!!
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The fact is that female users do not like getting trouble in their PC. Most of them are not tech users.
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01-17-2007, 06:34 PM #4Web Hosting Master Disaster
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Originally Posted by BijuWindows 10 to Linux and Mac OSX: I'm PARSECs better than you. Eat my dust!!!
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01-17-2007, 07:51 PM #5Junior Guru Wannabe
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This is not surprizing I dont think I have met a "hot" linux girl..
Have you
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01-17-2007, 08:35 PM #6Web Hosting Master
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01-17-2007, 08:35 PM #7Disabled
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I think 93% of digg users are male.
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01-17-2007, 09:03 PM #8Eternal Member
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01-17-2007, 09:19 PM #9Disabled
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Originally Posted by mohamoud
Linux is for power users. Not regular home desktop users.
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01-17-2007, 09:19 PM #10Web Hosting Master Disaster
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Originally Posted by mohamoud
Linux desktop is far from "trash" and works well for people in many situations... like a partner who got a computer, but no money to purchase windows xp (came with '98)... he installed linux... all he does is surf the web. Lot safer with linux than windows 98....
After vista is released I doubt if I'll keep linux though... or maybe only for testing purposes in a dual boot on my spare machine.... I'll shift all my license over and xp will go on the machine that has linux on it, and vista on my main machine....Windows 10 to Linux and Mac OSX: I'm PARSECs better than you. Eat my dust!!!
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01-18-2007, 05:10 AM #11Web Hosting Master
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Linux as a desktop is a waste of time, it really is. Don't people have better things to do than try find applications that will semi replace those that Windows seamlessly supports and executes without glitch?
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01-18-2007, 06:38 AM #12Web Hosting Master
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I agrre with you partially. Though I don't see it as a 'waste of time'. Linux is not nearly mature enough for a desktop environment. But at the same time, it's a fantastic server operating system.
I don't see Linux ever being an issue in the home workstation market, but it's going to get bigger and bigger in the web market.
Now, here's a bit of interesting info. Of ALL fortune 1000 companies, IIS has 53% of the market, and linux/apache is less than 18%.
So it goes to show that the numbers can be drastically affected depending on all the data in any survey.Show your reciprocal links on your website. eReferrer
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01-18-2007, 06:48 AM #13Web Hosting Guru
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Originally Posted by fastnocPingdom - Be the first to know when your site is down
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01-18-2007, 07:08 AM #14DigitalPunchCardMaker
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93 percent of Linux users are male
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01-18-2007, 07:13 AM #15Web Hosting Master
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01-18-2007, 07:26 AM #16Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by fastnoc
I didn't comment on Linux as a server OS. All of my servers are powered by CentOS and FreeBSD. I love Linux as serverware, I love Linux whilst sitting at my comfortable Windows workstation logged in remotely.
So I re-iterate, Linux has many years to go before it is even close to maturity for desktop use hence is a complete waste of time as a PC, however for server use it is epic.BeeServe
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01-18-2007, 07:38 AM #17Web Hosting Master
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I may have just come off wrong, but my intention was to agree with the statement you just made.
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01-18-2007, 08:29 AM #18Web Hosting Evangelist
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Originally Posted by ub3r
It's just a matter of habit, or some may say, bad habit.Best regards,
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01-18-2007, 10:10 PM #19Junior Guru Wannabe
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I am female and I have been using Linux and the like since I was 11 years old (Now 21)
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01-19-2007, 12:43 AM #20PHP for breakfast
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See, I dunno.
Most of you keep saying you don't have time to fiddle with stuff so you run Windows, whereas I agree, I don't have time to fiddle with stuff, so I run GNU/Linux.
You say it takes so much work finding things... I just type 'emerge <program>' and it gets installed. No fuss, no muss.
I will grant, if you use your PC primarily for playing the latest games (that don't come with linux execs readily available), or have centered your life around specific applications that only run under Windows, sure, Windows works for you. But don't just blindly say it isn't 'ready' or won't be 'ready' for years to come, because I've been using it for 4+ years as my desktop environment, and couldn't be happier with both the stability and productivity it brings.
Granted, I am a rather big Linux fan at this point, and I do deplore many of MS's business practices, but to me, after using GNU/Linux for 4 years as a desktop, Windows always seems to feel 'not ready' for the desktop whenever I have to use it. Especially for those of us who regularly administer Linux servers. SSH comes practically standard, and bash, and a myrad of other highly useful utilities that you have to install seporately in Windows, if you can find them at all.
It's all a matter of perspective, and usage. I basically stopped gaming on the PC when I started using it for work, so losing the ability to play the latest games easily didn't even bother me, others it will affect more.
In my opinion, it's not so much that Linux isn't ready for the desktop, it's that Linux doesn't fit everyone's needs. But then, neither does OS X or Windows, so maybe none of them are really ready for the desktop.Jacob - WebOnce Technologies - 30 Day 100% Satisfaction Guarantee - Over 5 Years Going Strong!
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01-19-2007, 04:20 AM #21Web Hosting Master
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I agree with people who think Linux is not ready as a desktop because average joe who don't know difference between DVD ROM and DVD writer will find it very diffcult to work with linux. Windows is like turn it ON and click on the application of your choice. It comes preloaded on every computer and with security stuff turned on its secure. Linux is not for average joe its for tech seavy users.
btw, those using linux what application you guys use to sync your contacts with your mobile phones? Is there an application like outlook which is supported by mobile phone makers? I know about open office but does that works like outlook?
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01-19-2007, 04:38 AM #22PHP for breakfast
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Originally Posted by mahinderJacob - WebOnce Technologies - 30 Day 100% Satisfaction Guarantee - Over 5 Years Going Strong!
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01-19-2007, 07:08 AM #23Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by mahinder
See, I dunno.
Most of you keep saying you don't have time to fiddle with stuff so you run Windows, whereas I agree, I don't have time to fiddle with stuff, so I run GNU/Linux.
You say it takes so much work finding things... I just type 'emerge <program>' and it gets installed. No fuss, no muss.
I will grant, if you use your PC primarily for playing the latest games (that don't come with linux execs readily available), or have centered your life around specific applications that only run under Windows, sure, Windows works for you. But don't just blindly say it isn't 'ready' or won't be 'ready' for years to come, because I've been using it for 4+ years as my desktop environment, and couldn't be happier with both the stability and productivity it brings.
Granted, I am a rather big Linux fan at this point, and I do deplore many of MS's business practices, but to me, after using GNU/Linux for 4 years as a desktop, Windows always seems to feel 'not ready' for the desktop whenever I have to use it. Especially for those of us who regularly administer Linux servers. SSH comes practically standard, and bash, and a myrad of other highly useful utilities that you have to install seporately in Windows, if you can find them at all.
It's all a matter of perspective, and usage. I basically stopped gaming on the PC when I started using it for work, so losing the ability to play the latest games easily didn't even bother me, others it will affect more.
In my opinion, it's not so much that Linux isn't ready for the desktop, it's that Linux doesn't fit everyone's needs. But then, neither does OS X or Windows, so maybe none of them are really ready for the desktop.
So how has any of this sped up your productivity? Linux decreases my productivity as I feel isolated. My issue isn't with Linux as a kernel or as an actual OS for desktop use, it's with the current GUI's and desktop package managers. I don't like them.
Besides, for a regular PC user Linux is either for someone who wants to impress his friends or has way too much time on his hands.BeeServe
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01-19-2007, 08:54 AM #25Disabled
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you can hardly create great graphics on a Linux system.