According to the latest Stack Overflow Developer Survey (https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2024/technology#most-popular..., which also is biased admittedly), it seems like for professional use, ~48% use Windows, ~32% macOS and 28% Ubuntu. ~17% also use WSL, which is basically Linux in Windows, so I guess you could say ~45% wants to (or at least, does) use Linux for work.
Seems not so clear cut as you seem to think it is.
With that I mean, the only reason I use WSL is for running containers locally.
All the regular software, outside projects that require container based deployments, is straight Windows software.
Yeah, you're probably not alone in using Linux specifically for containers since Windows cannot run them. Just like I'm probably not alone in using Windows solely for the purpose of running Ableton, as Linux cannot run it :)
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowscont...
Just because GNU/Linux has the biggest mindshare in containers, doesn't mean it is special in any regard.
In fact, my first experience with a container like deployment model was with HP-UX Vaults in 1999.
Ps, also did "containers" before it was cool with Jails :) Not as early as 1999 though so I guess you win this round pjmlp.