Please vote in our yearly music production operating system poll!
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- KVRAF
- 3657 posts since 21 Nov, 2015
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https://linuxdaw.org
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- KVRAF
- 1746 posts since 3 Nov, 2023
Don't see many devs doing those polls tho...audiojunkie wrote: Tue Jan 06, 2026 5:32 pm
I know that many don't care about these OS percentages, but developers do, when it tells them where to direct their development.
How original
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 7027 posts since 19 Apr, 2002 from Utah
There's been a couple. Also, I didn't have to run a poll one year, because a developer beat me to it. Either way, it doesn't hurt anything, and those of us who are interested like to see the change from year to year.seafire wrote: Tue Jan 06, 2026 6:20 pmDon't see many devs doing those polls tho...audiojunkie wrote: Tue Jan 06, 2026 5:32 pm
I know that many don't care about these OS percentages, but developers do, when it tells them where to direct their development.
Vendor‑Dependent Copy Protection: Customers lose. Pirates win.
(Also: I'm Accused of lying about Linux—it boots, runs my pro audio workflow, stays stable, updates--though yearly dismissed as “niche”. Yet I'm the deluded one.)
(Also: I'm Accused of lying about Linux—it boots, runs my pro audio workflow, stays stable, updates--though yearly dismissed as “niche”. Yet I'm the deluded one.)
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- KVRAF
- 5444 posts since 15 Feb, 2020
My point before is that a big dev offering products on multiple platforms already has a pretty good idea percentage-wise by looking at their own sales figures. Yes, not everyone buys a given dev’s products but it’s a pretty good guesstimate of current OS market shares.
As for the poll, seems an OK idea to me and it’s a pity Ben accidentally deleted it. I don’t think it warrants multiple support threads in other sub-forums but that’s just my opinion.
As for the poll, seems an OK idea to me and it’s a pity Ben accidentally deleted it. I don’t think it warrants multiple support threads in other sub-forums but that’s just my opinion.
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- KVRian
- 584 posts since 20 Jun, 2005
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- KVRAF
- 26033 posts since 20 Oct, 2007 from gonesville
hehcryophonik wrote: Tue Jan 06, 2026 3:04 pm Am I the only person on this forum who gives exactly zero f***s about the OS anybody else uses? Maybe that can be a poll?
it seems pretty clear such a poll isn't representative of a community unless all its members care to participate. If Linux shows a competitive number with the two usual platforms it must mean Linux users care more/want to be seen. You have to have a different set of priorities than being particularly serious about music production to want to go there (IE: "it aligns more with my ethical values"), you're eliminating too many options and management of will consume more time. I'm not dissing anyone for their choice, I couldn't care less but let's be real.