Jason, It would be cool to do an homage to some of the Meccas of UNIX -- Berkley, CA (BSD) (bay area), Cambridge, MA (GNU), Helsinki (Linux). Cool idea! On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Jason Hsu <jhsu802701 at jasonhsu.com> wrote: > Does anyone here know what geographic areas have the greatest concentrations of Linux users? Is the Bay area (Silicon Valley, Oakland, San Francisco, Berkeley, etc.) the most Linux-heavy area in the US? > > I'm asking, because I'd like to create a new special edition of Swift Linux that allows my distro to go viral. For version 0.1.3 of Swift Linux, I'm considering rolling out a Silicon Valley edition. I'd expect Linux to be most popular in Silicon Valley, just as I'd expect Nashville to be the place in the US where country music is most popular. > > I'm thinking that if I create a Silicon Valley edition and promote it on the mailing lists of the Bay Area Linux user groups, it would really attract attention around the Bay area. Since Silicon Valley is considered to be the epicenter of technology, it would be a boon for the image of Swift Linux, and the word would get around. Also, I'd be able to attract developers who can help me further improve Swift Linux, which would really bring it to the mainstream. > > -- > Jason Hsu > Founder and lead developer of Swift Linux (http://www.swiftlinux.org) > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -- Erik K. Mitchell erik.mitchell at gmail.com http://mitc0185.com/