The ’Linux community’ is a complicated network of different communities. They are 'virtual' and they are anchored in local social activities.

• The ’Linux community’ is a complicated network of different communities. They are 'virtual' and they are anchored in local social activities.

• Linux user groups are an essential part of the whole network making Linux possible. They are ”translators” between developers and lead users, offering an arena for local articulations of ’Linux’.

• Linux communities are not simply 'open' and 'decentralized'. They have their own hierarchies, and divisions of work. Communities are led by rather small group of activists.