Why Linux is Becoming Impossible for Audio Developers to Ignore

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[audiojunkie]

Quick update for this thread: all my most prominent plugins now have Linux builds available. So the "he doesn't support Linux" concern should be well settled at this point, the support is there.
https://www.morphoice.com/plugins

That said, the numbers still tell the same story: Linux accounts for under 1% of downloads across the board. Which brings me to a genuine question rather than a complaint, is that just the real size of the audience for this kind of thing, or am I failing to reach it? If there are places I should be posting Linux-native audio plugin releases, communities, forums, subreddits, mailing lists, I'd honestly welcome the pointers. I'd rather find out I've been fishing in the wrong pond than assume the pond is empty.

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[Tiles]

Quick update for this thread: all my most prominent plugins now have Linux builds available. So the "he doesn't support Linux" concern should be well settled at this point, the support is there.
https://www.morphoice.com/plugins

That said, the numbers still tell the same story: Linux accounts for under 1% of downloads across the board. Which brings me to a genuine question rather than a complaint, is that just the real size of the audience for this kind of thing, or am I failing to reach it? If there are places I should be posting Linux-native audio plugin releases, communities, forums, subreddits, mailing lists, I'd honestly welcome the pointers. I'd rather find out I've been fishing in the wrong pond than assume the pond is empty.

Well, Linux audio is simply a niche within a niche. There are certainly Linux users interested in commercial plugins, but compared to Windows and macOS it's still a very small market. At some point you'll probably know most of your customers by name.

One thing that's also worth keeping in mind is that many Linux users won't actually use the native Linux build. They'll just run the Windows version through Wine and Yabridge because that's already part of their workflow. Even if you counted those users as "Linux users," though, I wouldn't expect it to fundamentally change the picture. Maybe you'd end up at 2% instead of 1%, but not much beyond that.