▲ 827 ▼ Linux Desktop Market share keeps increasing, 3.19% now. +0.07% for August (gs.statcounter.com) submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by valentino@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml 159 comments fedilink hide all child comments Chrome OS saw a good raise too. OS X(Mac) saw a decrease.
[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 3 years ago (7 children) MacOS holds a nearly 30% market share and few game developers give a shit about publishing their games on Mac. Why would Linux be any different? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 14 child comments replies: [–] gens@programming.dev 24 points 3 years ago (1 child) Apple is notorios about being anti-gaming, yet many games support it while not supporting linux. Don't know the actual stats though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Qvest@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago If you throw proton and wine into the mix, Linux is almost as good as Windows in game support permalink fedilink source parent [–] MazonnaCara89@lemmy.ml 22 points 3 years ago Because linux doesn't have deprecated opengl, doesn't run their own proprietary api for gpu instead of implementing vulkan and last but not least because linux does still have support for 32bit application. permalink fedilink source parent [–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 years ago Are you including iPhones in this market share? permalink fedilink source parent [–] exx@beehaw.org 6 points 3 years ago* Although macOS holds a high market share, it holds a smaller percentage of Steam users than Linux right now. Essentially, there's more people on Linux known to buy games than on Mac (at least on Steam). permalink fedilink source parent [–] art@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago Gamers only seem to think that the only reason people have a computer is to game. permalink fedilink source parent [–] valentino@lemmy.ml [S] 2 points 3 years ago 30%? Wtf is the source permalink fedilink source parent [–] insomniac@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 years ago* You can’t build a gaming mac. Or a mac at all. Apple does seem to have better gaming support than Linux does though. The majority of my steam library has macOS support. Only a couple support Linux. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gens@programming.dev 24 points 3 years ago (1 child) Apple is notorios about being anti-gaming, yet many games support it while not supporting linux. Don't know the actual stats though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Qvest@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago If you throw proton and wine into the mix, Linux is almost as good as Windows in game support permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Qvest@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago If you throw proton and wine into the mix, Linux is almost as good as Windows in game support permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MazonnaCara89@lemmy.ml 22 points 3 years ago Because linux doesn't have deprecated opengl, doesn't run their own proprietary api for gpu instead of implementing vulkan and last but not least because linux does still have support for 32bit application. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 years ago Are you including iPhones in this market share? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] exx@beehaw.org 6 points 3 years ago* Although macOS holds a high market share, it holds a smaller percentage of Steam users than Linux right now. Essentially, there's more people on Linux known to buy games than on Mac (at least on Steam). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] art@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago Gamers only seem to think that the only reason people have a computer is to game. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] valentino@lemmy.ml [S] 2 points 3 years ago 30%? Wtf is the source permalink fedilink source parent
[–] insomniac@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 years ago* You can’t build a gaming mac. Or a mac at all. Apple does seem to have better gaming support than Linux does though. The majority of my steam library has macOS support. Only a couple support Linux. permalink fedilink source parent