Ask HN: Are there any famous non-tech people that use Linux on a regular basis?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21148876

by tinktank • 7 years ago

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CEOs, CTOs, entrepreneurs, politicians etc. I'm looking for examples for a class I'm giving.

rhinoceraptor• 7 years ago

Easy, every one of them with an Android phone :)

ja27• 7 years ago

Wil Wheaton.

BooneJS• 7 years ago

Non-tech. He was an ensign on a warp-speed spaceship!

scotty82• 7 years ago

Stephen Fry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Fry#Computing_and_soft...

godot• 7 years ago

Probably not the kind of famous you're looking for, but there was this article [1] about an author who cut Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Apple from her life who of course would have to use Linux because no Microsoft or Apple allowed.

1: https://gizmodo.com/i-cut-the-big-five-tech-giants-from-my-l...

saeranv• 7 years ago

Author Neal Stephenson, he writes about this in "In the beginning there was the command line".

EdwardCoffin• 7 years ago

He switched to OS X when it came out. I would not be surprised if he also has Linux machines or VMs though.

marktangotango• 7 years ago

Vernor Vinge also, I recall reading he writes using emacs.

panpanna• 7 years ago

CEOs, CTOs, entrepreneurs

Linux is pretty common in the startup world. But if your CEO is running around telling everyone what OS he uses instead of sealing deals you might want to rethink those stock options.

weare138• 7 years ago

If the CEO is just a glorified salesperson, you definitely want to rethink those stock options.

  *cough* Adam Neumann *cough*

blocked_again• 7 years ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_adopters might be relevant.

nwrk• 7 years ago

Linux There are 132 interviews in this category.

https://usesthis.com/categories/linux/

pearjuice• 7 years ago

You mean the Linux kernel? Or GNU/Linux?

Foober223• 7 years ago

You probably mean the Android operating system. Every celebrity out there already uses linux on their android phones. PSA: the linux kernel is just one tiny irrelevant component of an android system. It's google's system level utilities and user applications that make android a complete operating system.

Ask HN: Are there any famous non-tech people that use Linux on a regular basis?

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