• @[email protected]
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      710 hours ago

      And yet it’s stayed true. Linux is above 1% on steam and rising every year, it’s never been easier to buy a Linux device, or install and use Linux for desktop consumer purposes, and even the tech uninformed know Microsoft is a bag of dicks.

      • BrikoXM
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        49 hours ago

        Recent Linux gain is inflated due to Steam Deck. Their market share has been pretty stale for years at 1,5%.

        • @[email protected]
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          49 hours ago

          That’s not really being inflated, steam deck and the prerequisite investment into proton is why most gamers can switch to Linux without encountering a single issue these days.

          • BrikoXM
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            If that were the case, the market share at least should have doubled after people saw it was viable for desktop gaming. That didn’t happen. It only gained a predicted increase from the estimated sales of Steam Deck’s, which indeed inflates the desktop PC numbers.

            • @WordBox
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              14 hours ago

              So we don’t count Microsoft Surfaces running windows or windows (on arm)?

              • BrikoXM
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                Sure, exclude them. Precise numbers are irrelevant here, as they don’t change the basic facts. The simple fact is that Linux is stuck at 1.5%, and you are not able to dispute it, so instead you try to shift the argument to something else.

                39.20% of Linux users on Steam are on Steam Deck. Tell me again, it’s not inflated… And based on data, that doesn’t translate into wider Linux adoption for gaming.

    • @Vinny_93
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      110 hours ago

      But this time it’s real! /s