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Steam on Linux Use Skyrocketed Above 5% in March

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Re: Steam on Linux Use Skyrocketed Above 5% in March

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Post by antihipocrat »

BigJono wrote: post #102
amarant wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I mean you make good points and all, but on the other hand I really want this to be the year of the Linux desktop, so I'm gonna go with the other interpretation anyway!

Well, if it's any indication, my sister, who is very much not a tech person, randomly asked me to help her install Linux Mint a month ago, and has been using it successfully since without needing to ask for help once (at least not from me, I suspect ChatGPT is getting a workout). That felt like an indicator to me. I only switched to Linux a year or two ago and haven't mentioned it to her once, so she got the idea fro…

There's a tipping point and we may be getting close. A few of my friends' kids & nephews have recently switched. Now that Valve seems to have solved the gaming compatibility issue, what Windows only software is left for teenagers to use that OS?

Re: Steam on Linux Use Skyrocketed Above 5% in March

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Post by Tade0 »

thrdbndndn wrote: post #5

I've probably said this a bunch of times already, but based on my past experience, any analysis built on month-to-month changes in the Steam Hardware Survey should be taken with a very large grain of salt, if not considered outright useless for any serious conclusions. The clue is already in the article itself. The author notes that "part of the jump at least appears to be explained by Valve correcting again the Stea…

I filled out the survey yesterday and it didn't notice my dGPU. No way to correct the entries as well.

Re: Steam on Linux Use Skyrocketed Above 5% in March

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Post by poulpy123 »

forrestthewoods wrote: post #14

SteamDeck should be excluded from “Linux use” imho. Especially when it comes to click bait headlines. Like yes it is Linux. But SteamDeck is a completely different beast from desktop Linux. They might as well be entirely different OS’s. Especially if the SteamDeck is being used to play Win32 binaries!

SteamOS is just steam big picture mode by default on an arch linux. You can switch to a regular KDE in one click

Re: Steam on Linux Use Skyrocketed Above 5% in March

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Post by KeplerBoy »

TurdF3rguson wrote: post #110

Skyrocketed above 5% is an expression I would discourage anyone from using because it's a broken metaphor. Unless the trajectory of that rocket was a few degrees from horizontal. How about grasshopper-ed above 5%?

Let's revisit that topic if the FED raises interest to 5%.

Re: Steam on Linux Use Skyrocketed Above 5% in March

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Post by taskforcegemini »

amarant wrote: post #6
thrdbndndn wrote: post #5

I've probably said this a bunch of times already, but based on my past experience, any analysis built on month-to-month changes in the Steam Hardware Survey should be taken with a very large grain of salt, if not considered outright useless for any serious conclusions. The clue is already in the article itself. The author notes that "part of the jump at least appears to be explained by Valve correcting again the Stea…

I mean you make good points and all, but on the other hand I really want this to be the year of the Linux desktop, so I'm gonna go with the other interpretation anyway!

a lot of people don't even have a computer and do everything on their phone. Given androids market share, one could argue Linux is already present on most desk tops and therefore has already won.

Re: Steam on Linux Use Skyrocketed Above 5% in March

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Post by imp0cat »

vkazanov wrote: post #44
DiabloD3 wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I will warn you, Ubuntu is basically dead now. Canonical announced that they are no longer using Debian as a base, but the unvetted packages compiled and uploaded by random people on Snap. Please switch to Linux, but find a distro that actually wants you as a user.

As somebody who has been around linux almost for as long as it exists, i must say that is a very strong statement. In real life: systemd IS useful, Wayland is becoming (has become?) the default, ubuntu is the most popular desktop distro family.

He's not wrong though, the amount of Snap stuff you have to remove in a fresh install is starting to get a bit annoying (I usually remove at least the Snap versions of Firefox and Thunderbird and replace them with binaries from Mozilla - they will still self-update).
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