#4Kunal P.Bharati2009-11-10 19:59There are many people using Linux now a days. Even you may be having a device which runs Linux :)
Many of sites are powered by LAMP stack(Linux Apache MySQL PHP/Python/Perl). Many mobile devices are running Linux now.
HTC G1, Hero are example of Android based Devices.
Palm Pre is another device which run on Linux based OS called WebOS. Nokia N900 will be based on Linux based OS called Maemo.
Tomtom, Garmin GPS devices are running Linux as well :)
Many universities are starting a courses for Linux/Foss as well :)
#3Estelle Angelinas2009-11-07 00:42Not too long ago, I was an on line volunteer for some non-profit organizations and NGO's . Many of these organizations are in third world countries, where money is scarce. Since the only link between volunteers and the representatives of these organizations was the internet, there is a need for affordable and easy OS's. This is where I first learned about Linux (Ubuntu). One of the tasks given to the volunteers was to test if it was easy. It was, and in many projects it was used. Not everybody can afford $100 for a piece of software. Also, the Hellenic American Union (Greece) not only uses it but gives courses/certificates in Linux. (Red Hat Academy). I believe that UNESCO supports Linux as Open Source, like it supports all open source material. And the French Police use Linux as well. There are 20 LUG in Greece alone.and since a group should have more than a few members, that means that there are many users. There are many who probably have it on a usb device or exterior hard drive, or along side other OS's.
#2sebastian2009-11-04 13:44Linux is the future of the OS in all the devices in the market, in the meanwhile This is a moment in when people is beginning to get involved with Linux distros in all the enviroments where we can find an interactions between a software and the final user.
#1Marco2009-11-03 21:46In my experience the number of students in many european universities that use Linux (Ubuntu mostly) is daily growing, and I believe that still most of the web servers out there are Linux/Apache powered. Sadly here in Italy Linux is not much known (actually all IT field is quite misconsidered), even though recently I heard of many public administrations that start talking about OpenSource… let's hope.
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Many of sites are powered by LAMP stack(Linux Apache MySQL PHP/Python/Perl). Many mobile devices are running Linux now.
HTC G1, Hero are example of Android based Devices.
Palm Pre is another device which run on Linux based OS called WebOS. Nokia N900 will be based on Linux based OS called Maemo.
Tomtom, Garmin GPS devices are running Linux as well :)
Many universities are starting a courses for Linux/Foss as well :)
Also, the Hellenic American Union (Greece) not only uses it but gives courses/certificates in Linux. (Red Hat Academy).
I believe that UNESCO supports Linux as Open Source, like it supports all open source material. And the French Police use Linux as well. There are 20 LUG in Greece alone.and since a group should have more than a few members, that means that there are many users. There are many who probably have it on a usb device or exterior hard drive, or along side other OS's.