Bar of pct by BeginusingFOSS




ProgrammingExp Total
Completely Inexperienced Basic Knowledge Intermediate Experienced Expert Wizard Count Table %
Count Table % Count Table % Count Table % Count Table % Count Table % Count Table %
Period beginning to use FOSS Before 1991

1 ,3% 2 ,7% 2 ,7% 2 ,7% 2 ,7% 9 3,1%
1991-1995



5 1,7% 9 3,1% 12 4,2% 7 2,4% 33 11,5%
1996-1999 2 ,7% 5 1,7% 16 5,6% 20 7,0% 33 11,5% 5 1,7% 81 28,2%
2000-2003 3 1,0% 20 7,0% 43 15,0% 26 9,1% 14 4,9% 2 ,7% 108 37,6%
2004 or later 6 2,1% 18 6,3% 16 5,6% 9 3,1% 6 2,1% 1 ,3% 56 19,5%
Total 11 3,8% 44 15,3% 82 28,6% 66 23,0% 67 23,3% 17 5,9% 287 100,0%





Cases Table Response %
Reasons for using F/OSS Simple Curiosity 54 19,2%
The quality 129 45,9%
Free of charge 150 53,4%
The open source code 154 54,8%
The GNU philosophy 154 54,8%
The community 169 60,1%
The Unix architecture 123 43,8%
Anti-Microsoft sentiment 113 40,2%
Other 29 10,3%
Total 281 382,6%


Cases Col Response %
Which other Linux Distributions have you used? I haven't used any other distributions. 22 7,7%
Debian 178 62,5%
Red Hat 166 58,2%
Fedora Core 48 16,8%
Mandriva 128 44,9%
SuSe 112 39,3%
Slackware 73 25,6%
Gentoo 89 31,2%
Other 75 26,3%
Total 285 312,6%


Bar of count by LevelofInvolvement OtherFOSScontributions




Other FOSS contributions Total
Yes No Count Table %
Count Table % Count Table %
Level of Involvement in Ubuntu Core Developer 4 1,4% 1 ,4% 5 1,8%
Volunteer Developer 4 1,4% 3 1,1% 7 2,5%
Package Maintainer 10 3,5% 7 2,5% 17 6,0%
Participant 49 17,3% 20 7,1% 69 24,4%
User 76 26,9% 109 38,5% 185 65,4%
Total 143 50,5% 140 49,5% 283 100,0%






Cases Col Response %
Level of Involvement in other F/OSS projects Core Developer 26 18,8%
Developer 39 28,3%
As a package maintainer 20 14,5%
Bug reporting 118 85,5%
Bug Triage 45 32,6%
Server Administration 11 8,0%
Writing documentation 29 21,0%
Helping Users 91 65,9%
Evangelizing/Marketing 76 55,1%
Creating Artwork 10 7,2%
Translation 41 29,7%
Other Contributions 12 8,7%
Total 138 375,4%

Bar of pct by LevelofInvolvement

Bar of pct by FirstheardofUbuntu


FirstheardofUbuntu 1st quarter 2004 Count 10
Table % 3,6%
2nd quarter 2004 Count 43
Table % 15,4%
3rd quarter 2004 Count 64
Table % 22,9%
4th quarter 2004 Count 52
Table % 18,6%
1st quarter 2005 Count 32
Table % 11,5%
2nd quarter 2005 Count 32
Table % 11,5%
3rd quarter 2005 Count 23
Table % 8,2%
4th quarter 2005 Count 12
Table % 4,3%
1st quarter 2006 Count 10
Table % 3,6%
2nd quarter 2006 Count 1
Table % ,4%
Total Count 279
Table % 100,0%


Bar of pct by FirstUseUbuntu
FirstUseUbuntu 2nd quarter 2004 Count 21
Table % 7,6%
3rd quarter 2004 Count 38
Table % 13,7%
4th quarter 2004 Count 45
Table % 16,2%
1st quarter 2005 Count 33
Table % 11,9%
2nd quarter 2005 Count 39
Table % 14,0%
3rd quarter 2005 Count 47
Table % 16,9%
4th quarter 2005 Count 21
Table % 7,6%
1st quarter 2006 Count 24
Table % 8,6%
2nd quarter 2006 Count 10
Table % 3,6%
Total Count 278
Table % 100,0%


Bar of pct by FirstcontributeUbuntu



First contribute Ubuntu 1st quarter 2004 Count 1
Table % ,4%
2nd quarter 2004 Count 11
Table % 4,3%
3rd quarter 2004 Count 14
Table % 5,5%
4th quarter 2004 Count 19
Table % 7,5%
1st quarter 2005 Count 23
Table % 9,1%
2nd quarter 2005 Count 25
Table % 9,9%
3rd quarter 2005 Count 30
Table % 11,9%
4th quarter 2005 Count 46
Table % 18,2%
1st quarter 2006 Count 57
Table % 22,5%
2nd quarter 2006 Count 27
Table % 10,7%
Total Count 253
Table % 100,0%




Free of charge Cases 140
Table Response % 49,6%
The South African philosophy Cases 89
Table Response % 31,6%
The GNU philosophy Cases 86
Table Response % 30,5%
The community Cases 144
Table Response % 51,1%
Desktop usability Cases 201
Table Response % 71,3%
Hardware detection and drivers Cases 136
Table Response % 48,2%
Debian-base Cases 175
Table Response % 62,1%
Python development platform Cases 23
Table Response % 8,2%
Mark Shuttleworth Cases 32
Table Response % 11,3%
Other Cases 50
Table Response % 17,7%
Total Cases 282
Table Response % 381,6%






Which F/OSS projects have you contributed to besides Ubuntu? Total
Linux Kernel Debian GNOME KDE X Windows Other
What attracted you to Ubuntu? Free of charge Cases 3 13 24 9 1 31 56
Col Response % 20,0% 31,7% 41,4% 69,2% 12,5% 44,9% 63,3%
The South African philosophy Cases 5 7 17 5 2 24 41
Col Response % 33,3% 17,1% 29,3% 38,5% 25,0% 34,8% 46,9%
The GNU philosophy Cases 4 12 16 4 1 18 35
Col Response % 26,7% 29,3% 27,6% 30,8% 12,5% 26,1% 43,0%
The community Cases 7 17 27 7 3 32 62
Col Response % 46,7% 41,5% 46,6% 53,8% 37,5% 46,4% 72,7%
Desktop usability Cases 9 30 51 10 5 48 99
Col Response % 60,0% 73,2% 87,9% 76,9% 62,5% 69,6% 119,5%
Hardware detection and drivers Cases 7 19 28 8 3 30 65
Col Response % 46,7% 46,3% 48,3% 61,5% 37,5% 43,5% 74,2%
Debian-base Cases 11 34 35 9 4 47 87
Col Response % 73,3% 82,9% 60,3% 69,2% 50,0% 68,1% 109,4%
Python development platform Cases 1 3 7
1 8 13
Col Response % 6,7% 7,3% 12,1%
12,5% 11,6% 15,6%
Mark Shuttleworth Cases 3 4 7 2 1 8 16
Col Response % 20,0% 9,8% 12,1% 15,4% 12,5% 11,6% 19,5%
Other Cases 5 8 9 2 4 18 23
Col Response % 33,3% 19,5% 15,5% 15,4% 50,0% 26,1% 35,9%
Total Cases 15 41 58 13 8 69 128
Col Response % 366,7% 358,5% 381,0% 430,8% 312,5% 382,6% 600,0%





Profession Total
IT Student Other Retired Unemployed
What attracted you to Ubuntu? Free of charge Cases 62 41 28 2 4 137
Col Response % 43,7% 57,7% 57,1% 25,0% 57,1% 49,5%
The South African philosophy Cases 41 23 17 4 3 88
Col Response % 28,9% 32,4% 34,7% 50,0% 42,9% 31,8%
The GNU philosophy Cases 39 24 15 3 3 84
Col Response % 27,5% 33,8% 30,6% 37,5% 42,9% 30,3%
The community Cases 75 30 27 5 3 140
Col Response % 52,8% 42,3% 55,1% 62,5% 42,9% 50,5%
Desktop usability Cases 103 56 31 3 4 197
Col Response % 72,5% 78,9% 63,3% 37,5% 57,1% 71,1%
Hardware detection and drivers Cases 60 45 23 2 4 134
Col Response % 42,3% 63,4% 46,9% 25,0% 57,1% 48,4%
Debian-base Cases 103 42 23 1 3 172
Col Response % 72,5% 59,2% 46,9% 12,5% 42,9% 62,1%
Python development platform Cases 11 8 4

23
Col Response % 7,7% 11,3% 8,2%

8,3%
Mark Shuttleworth Cases 16 7 6 1 2 32
Col Response % 11,3% 9,9% 12,2% 12,5% 28,6% 11,6%
Other Cases 29 8 7 2 3 49
Col Response % 20,4% 11,3% 14,3% 25,0% 42,9% 17,7%
Total Cases 142 71 49 8 7 277
Col Response % 379,6% 400,0% 369,4% 287,5% 414,3% 381,2%