2024 is the Year of Linux on the Desktop, at least for my boyfriend. He’s running Windows 7 right now, so I’ll be switching him to Ubuntu in a few days. Ubuntu was chosen because Proton is officially supported in Ubuntu.

  • Cosmic Cleric
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    110 months ago

    Did that report include in the third world?

    • @[email protected]
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      810 months ago

      Yes, these are global stats, but as someone from the third world myself, I can say that most gamers around here resort to piracy, even though steam has gained a lot of popularity, so, only a fraction of us are included in the steam statistics, which would make such data not very representative.

      Perhaps a better source for understanding software usage in the third world is data from statcounter. They show something around 3 to 5%, a much higher number. However, even this data can be biased, because they only count machines connected to the internet and who browse certain sites.

      • @[email protected]
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        210 months ago

        only a fraction of us are included in the steam statistics, which would make such data not very representative

        And since not all users get the survey I imagine even this isn’t as accurate as it could be - I would guess at least.

        • @[email protected]
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          210 months ago

          In that case steam doesn’t need to send the survey to all users, but only to a randomized sample, and it will statistically represent the whole of steam users.

    • @kier
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      10 months ago

      Good question, almost all of my country’s government PCs are still running Windows 7.

      • @DoomBot5
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        710 months ago

        I don’t think they have steam installed on them.

      • @JustARegularNerd
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        310 months ago

        I imagine governments are paying for the ESU packs if they’re still on Win7

        • @kier
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          29 months ago

          hahahaha maybe in the US or Europe. Not here, lmao, luckily they are being maintained.