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Steam On Linux Usage Spikes To Nearly 2% In July, Larger Marketshare Than Apple macOS (www.phoronix.com)

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago

Valve is doing wonders for Linux gaming. At this point, if anything is going to make "the year of the Linux desktop" happen, it's Valve

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

I’m also a part of that percentage. I tried Arch Linux for gaming and all my games worked fine on it. So I backed up my stuff and wiped my drives clean.

No trace of windows left and I do all my gaming on Arch. :)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I'm one of the 2%! Recently I installed Pop_OS besides Windows, and works like a charm with most games I play be it native or running through Proton. Granted, I mostly play indies with lower system requirements, I still need to boot up windows when I want to play something demanding (like Deep Rock Galactic above 60 FPS).

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I’d move to Linux and Android from MacOS right now if KDE connect was a 1-1 feature parity with Apple continuity.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Linux users are the only ones not on vacation ;)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Cool, I guess. I've been playing Diablo IV on my Mac at pretty decent performance thanks to their new portability kit. I was very close to getting a steamdeck and now I'm sure I don't need one to have some gaming in my life apart from the time-killers in my phone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks to the Steam Deck.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I re-installed a linux only system on my laptop. Windows doesn't give update anymore.

[+] [email protected] -13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

How is 2% exciting? This tells me linux gaming will never really be a thing, as 98% of gamers are elsewhere. Also, arent the majority of that 2% due to the steam deck?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

"We haven't immediately won so why try"

what dude

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

It's a milestone and it shows quick progress. And yes, a lot of that 2% is the Steam Deck but that's the point. The Steam Deck is putting Linux gaming in the literal hands of people who wouldn't normally use Linux and as it gains in popularity, we can expect the Linux percentage to go even further up.

Also 2% doesn't sound like much but it was enough for MacOS to start getting native ports of games. We're already seeing plenty of games now getting Linux ports or at least being tuned to work with Proton at near native compatibility and performance.

I don't understand your negativity here

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Well, in this case it passed up the second place as far as i'm aware. And developers paid a little more attention fo macOS. Not a lot, but it's an improvement.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What an irritatingly negative response to this news.

[+] [email protected] -7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Because there isn't really much positive. This really won't change much. I get that linux gamers have been left out for a long time, and want more inclusion, but it's just not going to happen. As for the steam deck, I doubt most people using it even realize it's linux.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm super fine with 2-3%. Most games work, and we run them on a operating system that is super fast, ad free, tracking free, beautiful and doesn't cost a dime. :smile:

I'm so happy im a Linux user, specially now in 2023.

The majority will always be dummies abused by the corps.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Absolutely, I'm not trying to shit on linux users, I understand the appeal. I just don't think this news is as big as it's purporting to be.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah the numbers are tiny so I see your point of view. But I'm also aware what happens if Linux becomes very popular - then you get tracking, ads, corporate controls and so on. I think we are right in the sweet spot now.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I doubt most people using it even realize it's linux.

You say that with zero realization of how that indicates a huge step forward for Linux. The day it can be used by people who don't know what it is without caring is a huge step toward ubiquity.

it's just not going to happen

Is an ignorant guess and nothing more.