# Python Developer Survey: 55% Use Linux, 6% Still on Python 2 🐍

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/python-developer-survey-55-use-linux-6-still-on-python-2/290400>\
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**Tags:** tools, programming\
**Created:** [September 1, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/python-developer-survey-55-use-linux-6-still-on-python-2/290400 "2024-09-01T15:39:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 1, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/python-developer-survey-55-use-linux-6-still-on-python-2/290400/1 "2024-09-01T15:39:30Z")

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**Summary:**

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1. **Python 2 Usage**  
Despite Python 2 reaching its end-of-life in April 2020, 6% of developers are still using it, a slight decrease from last year. Many holdouts are young and may be using it due to educational courses.

2. **Development Environments**  
The survey shows that 55% of Python developers use Linux, though this has decreased over time. Windows is also used by 55%, with MacOS at 29%. Visual Studio Code leads as the most popular IDE, followed by Jupyter Notebook and Vim.

3. **Developer Experience and Usage**  
A significant portion (37%) of developers have contributed to open-source projects in the past year. The majority have less than two years of programming experience, with Python being used extensively for data analysis, web development, and machine learning.

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