[hpavlov (Hristo)]

Hi All,

I am curious to what operating system are people using to control their observatories and telescopes and to process data. I can guess that the vast majority will be Windows, but are there many people that use Linux or MacOS?

Are there any statistics or polls on the subject? Or forum web browser and OS statistics?

I have been involved in writing astronomy related software that will have distributions for both Windows and Linux but I wonder how many people might use the Linux version? Whould it be more appropriate to support a MacOS version instead of Linux version?

The software is about controlling digital video cameras and record astronomical video. For windows there is ASCOM, I wonder if Linux and MacOS poeople use something else.

Your thoughs are appreciated.

Cheers,
Hristo Pavlov