Linux is an OS that is liked by many 'techie' types.
This statement is still faulty. Linux is a generic term for operating systems built on the Linux kernel. They are all very different and can't be generalized in that way. For instance, the 'type' of people that use Fedora would never use Lindows. There is no Linux 'type'. Many ton technical people use desktop-oriented Debian distributions like Lindows or Ubuntu, but would never venture into enterprise grade distributions like RHEL or CentOS.