I thought about it a bit while drinking err driving back, and here are
my quick thoughts:
- the definition depends on what you need the data for (so obvious)
For ME, a Linux user is probably someone who's favorite/preferred OS is
Linux. I thus dont count:
- persons forced to use it
- persons who dont know they are using it
- persons who use it only becos its free and they would use Windows if
that were free
None of these folk would stand up for Linux, so I dont count them.
Look forward to some thoughts ...
From dictionary.com
user n. 1. One that uses: a user of public transportation. 2. Law. The exercise or enjoyment of a right or property. 3. One who uses addictive drugs.
Point 3 is interesting, huh?
Further down:
Someone doing "real work" with the computer, using it as a means rather than an end. Someone who pays to use a computer. A programmer who will believe anything you tell him. One who asks silly questions without thinking for two seconds or looking in the documentation. Someone who uses a program, however skillfully, without getting into the internals of the program. One who reports bugs instead of just fixing them.
Users are looked down on by hackers to some extent because they don't understand the full ramifications of the system in all its glory.
I'm proud to say i'm not a linux user! :-)
-- Rohan
p.s. shouldn't this thread exist on LIG?
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