Many programmers and developers tend to choose Linux OS over the other OSes because it allows them to work more effectively and quickly. It allows them to customize to their needs and be innovative. A massive perk of Linux is that it is free to use and open-source.

What percentage of programmers use Linux?

54.1% of professional developers use Linux as a platform in 2019. 83.1% of developers say Linux is the platform they prefer to work on. As of 2017, more than 15,637 developers from 1,513 companies had contributed to the Linux kernel code since its creation.

Do most software engineers use Linux?

I don’t know that most developers really use Linux, but definitely most software developers who write backend services (web apps and such) use Linux because it is very, very likely that their work will be deployed on Linux.