Linux use on steam has also passed mac use. The three most popular mac versions are still used by more than the 3 most popular linux versions, but the total for macs is under 3%.
And for me personally, I didn’t even have to give anything of value up to make the switch. I kept my old windows machine in a running condition as a backup, but I think I’m about ready to start retiring that machine entirely, at least as a windows machine.
It’s okay openSUSE Tumbleweed. I still stan for you. ;P
Now that zypper has been pulled into the modern age with parallel & faster downloading, the only complaint remaining I have for it is the installer itself
openSUSE is GOAT.
I’m a CachyOS shill, and I’d recommend Tumbleweed to anyone. It’s criminal that folks use stuff like Ubuntu or Manjaro over it.
I chuckled when I saw Manjaro of all things on there, and not my beloved OS of choice! lol
For real, though, openSUSE is truly something to rave about, as far as I am concerned! :)
3% is insane.
I am not a “year of linux” huffer. The majority of the population doesn’t even know what a filesystem is, much less (for example) how to get to the BIOS setting they need to even install linux.
But 3% is absolutely a threshold for “viral social spread” amongst those that can.
I am seeing a lot more Linux in the mainstream outside the tech bubble. It makes me happy.
It was gaming all along guys
What the fuck are the 96.8% sniffing
Probably not in the mood of dealing with stuff like having to turn Secure Boot off to get my laptop’s Nvidia (Optimus based) card to work in Performance Mode, as the drivers delivered by Mint aren’t signed.
Or fighting with Wine and Lutris to get Battle.net to install, as I just want to play the Diablo II remaster. Only to find the Battle.net interface does not render most of the time, even after following advice like turning Hardware Acceleration off. Or having the launcher freeze completely when trying to use Proton, no matter if it is version 8,9,10, Experimental or Hotfix. Or finding out that after spending way too much time on getting Battle.net to work that the game I wanted to play actually crashes immediately to the desktop on start.
Or trying to get Bazzite to install, which it won’t because it keeps throwing a useless ‘exit code 1’ error during install. Which can’t be solved by following the online guides, as none seems applicable to my situation (no previous Fedora installation, no Fedora folder on my EFI drive, tried multiple drives, image checksum is OK).
That was my gaming experience of the last week and hardly the first time that I had to jump through hoops getting stuff to work. Getting Skyve to work for Cities Skylines II was also such a fun time.
I’m crazy enough to keep trying and debugging on my laptop. But my gaming PC is definitely not going to get converted to Linux anytime soon, for those cases where I just want to play a game without any problems. And unfortunately my debloated/detelemetried Windows 11 has so far provided a stable and trouble free gaming experience.
A pugnant earthy mix of fear, nostalgia, sloth, and an open acceptance of corporate skullduggery.
Ableton Live
I feel like the number of “I switched to Linux” videos on YouTube have exploded recently, although it might just be some algorithm thing.
All of the major gaming youtubers have made at least a couple videos featuring Linux over the last couple months, which is definitely a big change from the windows-only (except sometimes servers) content of years past.
I think there is a real change in people’s mind . Windows is at it worst since forever. Just this month 2 people in my inner circle just ask me how can they Make the switch and which distro should they use for there needs. Those 2 were hardcore Windows fan and gamer.
I like how all Arch based distros are in “quotes” by the way.
I think it’s because they’re including steam os which is an Arch derivative.
Right? It’s oozing with sarcasm, like—ArCh LiNuX
lmao
This vacation I finally decided to ditch Win for EndeavourOS, it has it’s quirks sometimes, but I can mostly play without issues, so refreshing to not rely on M$
EndeavourOS is nice. I’ve been using it for 10 months.
Only issue I had was that my windows dual boot messed up the booting. Plenty of tutorials about fixing it tho, so wasn’t too hard
3.20% is practically nothing but everyone in here is foaming at the mouth like this means windows is done or something. very weird behavior
It amounts to several million converts in the past 4 years, at least.
Linux mint 21: loses a little
Linux mint 22: wins a little
my brother in christ. they just updated their pc
Importantly, there was a net increase in Linux users and a net decrease in Windows users.
Still increases in other areas ☺️👍
Why would you run Ubuntu core? Are they only running steam?
I have one machine where I run steam as a headless instance as I just use it for remoteplay to the TV.
this is steam as snap package, just like how they count flatpak steam
I was wondering who’s gaming on their thermostat.
i’m presuming people are using a just enough os (JEOS) distro to install a gui of their choice and steam and not much else.
That makes sense. Pure gaming machine
GamingOnLinux estimates >7% of English language install base for Steam is using Linux (if I’m understanding this correctly): GamingOnLinux Steam Tracker
Yeah, indeed. Steam language breakdown is about 40% English, 30% Chinese, 10% Russian, 5% Spanish, 15% other. Chinese speakers overwhelmingly use Windows rather than Linux, so choosing ‘English only’ basically doubles the Linux percentage.
I’d be interested to know why Linux has such bad update in Chinese-speaking regions. (It’s the lingua franca for much of Asia, so not just China, just largely China.) Obviously, inertia plays a part - easier to move to Linux if you know someone else that can help you, which if there’s no-one then you might be a bit stuck. Are the fonts crappy? Are the input methods greatly superior in Windows?
they do not care about many of the things that people in western societies care about. they do not care about privacy. they want to use the same type of computer their friends and coworkers are using. 11 is a higher number than 10.
unless there’s a chinese linux distro that gets pre-installed at the factory, along with a government ban of windows (it could happen), they will be the last society to adopt.
I would put it down to censorship. Not of Linux directly but of information about noncomformity. Windows is the default OS for desktop PCs and I imagine it is easier to get exposed to the idea of searching an alternative in the west than in China. If you never question the oppressive bullshit corporations are doing to you, you will not think to break free and use Linux.
i find this a little difficult to believe when china develops and promotes their own linux distro and desktop environment
Guessing Linux is associated mostly with the government attempts to make their own distribution. I think in their context windows may feel safer.
Got my new bazzite gaming laptop YTD!
Screw you, windows, I’m out
