Average linux user age

[Hmse]

I've been noticing that most of the linux users on this forum appear to be around 20 to thirty years of age. I myself am 15, and I'm just curious of how old you all are, I only know of two other linux users who are my age. Are there more on here?

[Icarus]

I think most of them are almost through college now :)

I'm 31, and I think that's about the mid range as I know we've had/have members that are 60+ here

So, Linux is for everyone! :p

[thread_killer]

I'm 31 myself. My daughter (who will be ten next week) has had a linux box in her room since she was six.

[bradfordgd]

I'm 31 as well. So aside from the odd youngster or old fogey, it looks like most Linux users are 31.

;-)

[bsm2001]

40 soon

[MighMos]

I'll be 17 tomorrow.

[eriksays]

<-- 32

perhaps this is a better indicator of the age demographic of this forum

cause i'm thinking of all those unix guys that have probably moved over to linux

i'm thinking linus will be 35 this year (http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/linus/)

but i'm also thinking there's a world of high school geeks and nerds that i'm sure have put linux on their home system

[Sgood1971]

I am 33.

[pezplaya]

18 over here. I guess I'm still considered one of the youngsters on this forum.

[Hmse]

Well I guess I'm the youngest here so far:P

[fatTrav]

23, picked linux up when i was 20

[sharth]

I believe we had a 15 year old here a while back... Can't remember who it was though. or maybe it was the gentoo forums...

[cabu1966]

Going on 38 here. I have a 15 year old son, 13 year old son, and a 9 year old daughter, all of which can get around on my linux box.

[Enlighted One]

I am 15....Just got my learners permit...Yay

[acid45]

20 -- Uh, I started when I was 18-19, I forget. It was a 'hazy' few years, as Hendrix and the Wailers might have said :P

[EnigmaOne]

Hmmmmmmmmm.........Oh what the hell.

44 with 6 children (ages 6 to 27).
I guess that means that I've lived the Personal Computing Era from the very beginning. (Still have an Altair, IMSAI and a Kenbeck laying around the garage.)

[WayStar]

I'll be 34 next month.

-Waylena

[rbrimhall]

I'll be 30 next month...

[Sgood1971]

Originally posted by EnigmaOne
Hmmmmmmmmm.........Oh what the hell.

44 with 6 children (ages 6 to 27).

That explains the "Energetic Wifehopper" title. :D
I thought I had a lot of kids with 4 ages 6 - 12.

[infiniphunk]

30 yrs old; gilrfriend's 22 and she uses linux too.

[jme]

21 and been with Linux since I the tender age of 17

[EnigmaOne]

Originally posted by Sgood1971
That explains the "Energetic Wifehopper" title. :D
I thought I had a lot of kids with 4 ages 6 - 12.

Well....the 27 year-old is actually my wife's daughter from a previous marriage, but she's been my daughter too, since she was 16.

I have to confess that the younger 5 are directly "my fault." ;)

It's a fun life! :D

[T2F]

So far, I'm it. Fifty-nine going on thirty.
Regards,
Bill

[hard candy]

53 years old with a 15 year old daughter
BJ is my little kernel that I've had to develop with the assistance of others over the years. She's got modules, interfaces, masking, all kinds of stuff added. Now these young hackers are trying to take my kernel away! (Sob, sob). And she wants to get a drive now! Ever since her GUI has gotten fancier, the money needed for maintenance has increased.
And one day, she'll be developing her own kernels.
Now I need to find a co-developer since the first one has left.
Been using Linux for about 4 years now, finally realized what the heck was going on about 2 years ago. (It is hard to teach a old dog new tricks).
By the way, any of you young fellows going to be the next Bill Gates and are interested in an arranged marriage in about 7 years when BJ finishes college?
:)

[tuxnewb]

21 and I have been with linux on and off since i was 15...think my main reason for staying this time (a little over a year) is because of forums like this one thanks guys

Tuxnewb

[Legithrandil]

17 and i've been using linux since i was 15.

i think i may be staying for good now, since cedega lets me play battlefield vietnam, which was the only reason i ever had to use windows.

[korn4266]

Well i'm 16 i've been using linux since i was 14 or 15 don't remember exactly. I still use windows some for my cd burning. I can't seem to find any cd burning software that will burn audio cds. I don't use kde i use fluxbox.

[Calipso]

21 here and been using linux since january 04 so still a huge newb:)

[Dark Ninja]

Originally posted by hard candy
53 years old with a 15 year old daughter
BJ is my little kernel that I've had to develop with the assistance of others over the years. She's got modules, interfaces, masking, all kinds of stuff added. Now these young hackers are trying to take my kernel away! (Sob, sob). And she wants to get a drive now! Ever since her GUI has gotten fancier, the money needed for maintenance has increased.
And one day, she'll be developing her own kernels.
Now I need to find a co-developer since the first one has left.
Been using Linux for about 4 years now, finally realized what the heck was going on about 2 years ago. (It is hard to teach a old dog new tricks).
By the way, any of you young fellows going to be the next Bill Gates and are interested in an arranged marriage in about 7 years when BJ finishes college?
:)
My advice -- to prevent hackers from spreading viruses and spawning new processes, make sure you provide your kernel with the latest patches. :p

[Dark Ninja]

Originally posted by korn4266
Well i'm 16 i've been using linux since i was 14 or 15 don't remember exactly. I still use windows some for my cd burning. I can't seem to find any cd burning software that will burn audio cds. I don't use kde i use fluxbox.
k3b? It's an excellent program. You just have to make sure to setup a few things correctly.

[icemonkey908]

20 here. I first installed linux when I was 18, but just started really making the 'switch' recently.

[Parcival]

I'm 27, last year at the University of Bern, computers being my only vice, and no clue yet who will be waiting for me once I graduate - but I hope that the special someone is a certain person in the US...

[dannybunkins]

i am 17 years of age

[MorphiusFaydal]

Originally posted by hard candy
By the way, any of you young fellows going to be the next Bill Gates and are interested in an arranged marriage in about 7 years when BJ finishes college?
:)

sure :)

17 in 10 days :D :cool:

Chris

[GigaShadow]

EnigmaOne..........44? :cool: .....47 here, in Hemet....and there are no stars at night either!! :eek:



G :D

[ev8r]

im 34 and i cant get my dad (he's 63) off my freakin box so i can get work done..evidently he has a thing for ut2004....

[serz]

18 here.

[PeteTheNotSoGr8]

I'm 16 and you guys with your kids are making feel dumb that I am so slow onto Linux

as for the next Bill Gates I'd have to pull my self away from games and open source stuff to make a non faulty program.................but hey even though nie guys finish last (why do they?) I am still a di hard nice guy

[gehidore]

18.

[fiske]

21, first installed linux, a little over a year and a half ago I believe, linux as my primary OS about a year

[SoNiCfReAk]

18 here and I've been using Linux since I was 16!

[servo888]

17 years old... I've been using linux 24/7 for 1 year, and experimented with it for the past few years. Been using a computer since I was about 7... Had an IBM aptive, 75Mhz, ran OS/2, IBM DOS, AND Windows 3.1! Now I have a run an AMD64 laptop with linux :-). I also manage a file / print server, a linux PVR, and do some website design :-).

Yes I love technology.

[LAT]

45 years young and a newlywed with Linux. Hummm....looking forward to the next 45!

LAT

[timothykaine]

21 and Ill be 22 in 4 hours. :)

Been usin Linux since I was 20.

The day I registered here is the day I started using Linux. Some damn day in December 2002... lol

[razor_01]

I am 52 and just love using linux. started about five years ago.
razor

[blight]

im 16 and been using linux since may.
Life has been better since then :D

[canon006]

I'm 21, and I've been using Linux since I was 18.

[bosox79]

Just turned 25 in June,I have been using nix just dabbeling for about 6 years and I have been using Linux everyday since July of 2002, thanks in large part to this forum:D

[DimGR]

i am 24 and i have been using LInux for 7 monthes:)




Windows free :)

[EnigmaOne]

Originally posted by GigaShadow
.....47 here, in Hemet....and there are no stars at night either!! :eek:
LOL! My memories of Hemet include dodging li'l ol' ladies in their golf carts, on Florida Ave. Like-to-never made it to Lamb's Canyon alive!

There used to be a night sky out there when Sunnymede was still Sunnymede. (70's-80's)

You can blame the lack of stars on all the mobile home park lighting. ;)

[Elijah]

21 here, been using linux for about 3 years now :)

[StarTiger]

I don't think I'm quite qualify as adveae yet, but I'm 22 for another month. I started playing around with linux when I was 18.

[deathadder]

I'm 18, I've been using Linux 2 years now, unfortinually its not Windows free :(

[Bubba56]

<--- 48.5 Been trying to get into Linux for a couple years, FC1 on 2 boxes (1 at work) and Slack 9.1 on 1 box (currently dead tho :( ) Lots to learn yet.

[keyshawn]

wow, I didn't know so many of my peers were into linux :)

17 here, been using linux on/off since may 2003

hard candy,
there's another eligible 'bill gates' right here too ^_^
[do i get bonus points if my first name really is bill ? :p ]

[dynaco]

uh, 46 here, been running linux since RedHat 4.0

[mrBen]

I'm 27, first touched base with Linux when I was 22, have been windows free for about 18 months.

[aamendt]

I am 39 and holding.

[SunOfTux]

I will be 30 next month. I'm in grad school (almost done with my Master's).

[klackenfus]

I'm 39 (will be 40 in November) and have used Linux since 1996. I started with Redhat 4.2 and have used just about every major distro out there.

[Hmse]

I use to be pure Mac but I started using Linux along side mac about a year or so ago, and have always been Windows free forever except for when we had a windows 98 box for a couple months, but rarely used it. And I can happily say it is no longer living:D

[Enlighted One]

Originally posted by hard candy

By the way, any of you young fellows going to be the next Bill Gates and are interested in an arranged marriage in about 7 years when BJ finishes college?
:)
Slowly, Solomly I raise my hand. I only speak perl and elvish is that okay?

[leonpmu]

Erm, 28 here, been using Linux for about 5-six years, can't remember, use it full time for all my work etc, hate to admit it, use Windows for gaming... my wife is a MAC user, but also loves my Linux, particularly Frozen Bubble!!!

[paj12]

Hey, everybody!

18 here. I've been using Linux since I was 16 and computers in general since I was 4.

[squeegy]

I'm 21 years old, my first linux install was when I was in 7th grade, so I guess I was 12 or 13 years old. It's worth noting I installed Linux, but what I did with it wasn't much. I think around 14 was when I finally started to get a clue of what I was doing. There have been periods in between that I didn't even touch computers, so I haven't been using it all that time, but it's been awhile.

[h4n9m4n]

Yehehehehe... im 13. Been using linux for one month now. just 9 more years to beat the time i've been using windows!

[ttech]

I'm 20 here. Only been using linux seriously for about 2 months, but my first install was back on Mandrake 6 or so... just a couple years ago.

[tuxnewb]

Its funny how this thread seems like a "Windows Anon." session. People are all like "I been windows free for 2 years" heheheh just thought that it was funny. Me personally I use both for the simple fact that my girlfriend likes windows....but I got her to accept Linux as a second friend when I introduced her to Limewire....and the fact that (as of right now) you dont really worry about viruses too much. :)

take care and may you stay "Windows Free" for life...if thats what you want :)

[Resident_Geek]

I'm 16. I grew up with the AOL generation. :(

[palsyboy]

I'm twenty-four. I got my first Windows box in 1996 and have had two more since. The last one is what I'm running pure Linux on now, and I don't think I could ever go back. :)

[AussieJohn]

I think I beat most of you. I am 69yrs 8mths and have been into Linux for about 3yrs. Most of this 3yrs has been with Mandrake and now am using Mandrake-10-OE with great pleasure and satisfaction. I use it for its functionality and ease of use (and easy install) and not for its toy or geek benefits which seem to be the main attraction for most of the other Linux OSs.
No doubt I'll be flamed for it but that wont change the facts no matter what the flamers say.
However everyone, enjoy Linux whatever one you use.

Cheers. John.

[nabetse]

Originally posted by tuxnewb
Me personally I use both for the simple fact that my girlfriend likes windows....

Ha ha. My fiancee hates linux... at least she says it to me just because she like to give me a hard time. :rolleyes:

I'm going to be 24 soon. I have been using linux since I was either 19 or 20 also in large part due to this forum. Thanks everyone.

[MB[DK]]

<-- 28

[Parcival]

Originally posted by nabetse
Ha ha. My fiancee hates linux... at least she says it to me just because she like to give me a hard time. :rolleyes:

My roomie has been showing that attitude ever since I got linux and I thought I'll be never able to convince her. Two weeks ago she suddenly produced the idea of buying a linux-laptop when her Win2000 crashed. Let's quote Jake Blues: "The Lord works in mysterious ways."

[XiaoKJ]

I think its a double distribution curve, either old or young...

but its quite a good thing to know..

I'm 16 in a few months, and I first started linux (and reading this forum, although brief) was when I were somewhere 12+

[Salyavin]

17, been on linux since 15.

[duncanbojangles]

I'll be 19 in a few weeks. Started using Linux when I was 17.

[MkIII_Supra]

I am 37, been using Linux since 1999. Started when Win98 crashed hard and took a very important word document with it... that I needed to turn over to my Division Officer the next morning. We shall say it was a very unpleasant day for me!

I cut my teeth on Mandrake 6.0 and have since moved to SuSE 9.1, stopping along the way to try with various levels of success:

Debian - Failed totally to install...
Slackware - Unable to get graphics working...
FreeBSD - Ummm out of my skill level at the time...
BeOS - Everything worked better and faster than either Linux or Windows! To bad they are belly up :(
Caldera - Didn't like it for some reason or other...
Red-Hat - Lousy package management, flaky graphics support a pain in the @ss at best...
Libranet - Everything worked and I liked it, but for some reason I stopped using it... can't remember why...

Now keep in mind that the last 2 years have been 100% SuSE and that I have not really tried anything else (okay I did try Mandrake again... it was worse than Windows!) so I am sure that I could probably get all the above systems working again if I wanted too. But why mess-up what I have now?

[MkIII_Supra]

a thread hasn't changed much!:rolleyes:

[Icarus]

Originally posted by MkIII_Supra
Well I see my ability to kill a thread hasn't changed much!:rolleyes: That can be a very valuable talent! Mind if we contact you when we need a thread killed in the ever-so-subtle manner that you are blessed with? :)

I think this thread is a good choice to start with...

[cybertron]

Originally posted by Icarus
I think this thread is a good choice to start with...

Never! I won't let it die!:D

I'm 20, BTW, and always thought Linux was too hard until I got to college and used it in my CS classes.

Since the title of this thread is average linux user age, is someone going to go through and figure out what that is?;)

[Cerf]

Im 16, 17 in a month

I first tried linux in grade 8 - I failed
I tried again in grade 9 - I failed again
Grade 10 - Third times a charm with RH Valhalla 7.5 (I think)
Now I'm going into grade 12 with RH 8

[Cerf]

The average age of a linux user is 27

Hmse 20 + Icarus 31 + thread_killer 31 + bradfordgd 31 + bsm2001 39 + MighMos 17 + eriksays 32 + Sgood1971 33 + pezplaya 18 + fatTrav 23 + cabu1966 38 + Enlighted One 15 + acid45 20 + EnigmaOne 44 + WayStar 34 + lupin_the_3rd 30 + infiniphunk 30 +jme 21 + T2F 59 + hard candy 53 + tuxnewb 21 + Legithrandil 17 + korn4266 16 + Calipso 21 + icemonkey908 20 + Parcival 27 + dannybunkis 17 + MorphiusFaydal 17 + GigaShadow 47 + ev8r 34 +
serz 18 + PeteTheNotSoGr8 16 + gehidore 18 + fiske 21 + SoNiCfReAk 18 + servo888 17 + LAT 45 + timothykaine 22 + razor_01 52 + blight 16 + canon006 21 + bosox79 25 + DimGR 24 + Elijah 21 + StarTiger 22 + deathadder 18 + Bubba56 48 + keyshawn 17 + dynaco 46 + mrBen 27 + aamendt 39 + SunOfTux 30 + klackenfus 39 + leonpmu 28 + paj12 18 + squeegy 21 + k4n9m4n 13 +ttech 20 + Resident_Geek 16 + palsyboy 24 + AussieJohn 69 + nabetseb 24 + MB[DK] 28 + XiaoKJ 16 + Salyavin 17 + duncanbojangles 19 + MkIII_Supra 37 + cyvertron 20 + Cerf (Me) 16

/ 69 = 26.97101

[cybertron]

That's good news. I have a few years before I'm a middle-aged Linux user:D

Can I have a mid-life crisis at 27 and use that as an excuse to buy lots of expensive computer equipment?:)

[JsPr]

Oh, average age is 27. I'd better bump that up a bit. I'm 40 and have been using Linux since RH5.1 (on and off). I'm now a happy SuSE user (9.1).

[bosox79]

Cerf,

Thanks for Crunching the numbers for us :D

[Cerf]

Originally posted by bosox79
Cerf,

Thanks for Crunching the numbers for us :D

No problem, everything we ever do is on a very big expensive calculator

[Parcival]

Originally posted by cybertron
Can I have a mid-life crisis at 27 and use that as an excuse to buy lots of expensive computer equipment?:)

Hmm, I guess it's time to start my computer midlife crisis now, then. :( Well, that's the moment when AussieJohn should post again and say something wise to let us know that life isn't all an uphill battle after the 27th bday. :D

[NecroLin]

I'm 28, so just a little over that average age calculation, & have been using Linux for 4 years.

[Arjay]

I'm 31 and been using linux on and off for about 4 years, that's about it really :)

[Gogeta_44]

I started using Linux when I was 13. After 3 months I had Slackware running with webservers :D .

[Erikqwerty]

13 here Benn using for around a year. (12)

[Icarus]

Originally posted by Erikqwerty
13 here I think we have a winner for the "youngest JustLinux member"!

[bosox79]

Icarus,

What does Erikqwerty win? :D

[Syngin]

<-- 33 here.