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Was Linux represented in your test group?

Was k-mcgrady right that all the different distros made none of them make the top 10 list?

With the people I know and work with Linux seems to be the most popular option for programming so I am curious as to what your statistics show, and why Linux doesn't appear.

- I did not create a test group. I did a statistical analysis of all the interviews on The Setup: http://usesthis.com/

- Among this group, the number of people who were tagged linux was about a fourth: https://github.com/becomingGuru/usesthis_analysis/blob/maste... I did not do a distro distribution. That is good feedback. I will find out.

Since designers hardly use linux, and since half the people are developers, it may be safe to assume half the developers interviewed by The Setup use Linux.

There were 61 Linux users listed

http://usesthis.com/interviews/linux/

which gives about 1/6 of those interviewed. Some of the interviewees don't give an OS, e.g., Dave Jones

http://dave.jones.usesthis.com/

who I think uses Windows and Linux.

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