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>I know as devs we all would prefer to use Linux/Unix. That's not true. In the 2025 SO survey, both Windows is the most used OS for developers, for both profes
by npteljes 11mo ago
>I know as devs we all would prefer to use Linux/Unix.
That's not true. In the 2025 SO survey, both Windows is the most used OS for developers, for both professional and for personal use.
https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2024/technology#1-operating-system https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2024/technology#1-operating-...
- UK-Al05 11mo agoUsed != Prefer
- npteljes 11mo agoEven for personal use? If devs preferred Linux so much, I'd expect them to use it at least in their own time. But, what the stats say is that people use Win even more when it comes to personal devices, and Linux, not even a tenth of a percent. If anything, that looks like that dev don't prefer Linux. They use when the employer pushes it onto them, but not anywhere else.
- distances 11mo agoLots of devs prefer Linux but are forced to used Windows by their employers. So both can be true at the same time.
- npteljes 11mo agoThe survey accounts for personal use as well. If this was the case, I'd expect the personal Linux use be higher than the professional use.