Valve released the statistics from the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for November 2025, which shows once again that Linux use is trending nicely upwards.
Valve released the statistics from the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for November 2025, which shows once again that Linux use is trending nicely upwards.
It’s not issue-free, but what is? I had shit break randomly on Windows too. At least for me fiddling with the compatibility settings usually fixes any problems on Mint, so if anything it’s easier than figuring out how the fuck Windows has managed to break itself this time.
Also: look, ma, I’m in the internet news!
I was hosting a session of 7 days to die some weeks ago from Linux Mint and it didn’t work (worked the 3 times before). Everyone was like uhh yeah, probably a Linux problem?
I reminded them of the trillion hours they spent in their lives fixing a multiplayer server on Windows and if it ever came to their mind that Windows could be the problem. They agreed and apologized quickly.
People tend to forget how much tinkering they need to do on Windows to run stuff. How often did I try some “compatibility mode stuff” to execute an old game on Windows?
It really pisses me off when something doesn’t work and the first thing someone says is “must be Linux”. Bro, I moved away from Windows because of all the bugs there. Don’t try to bullshit me into thinking you live a bugfree life.
My system is as fast as when I first got it (minus maybe the extra bloat websites have acquired due to bugger JS libraries and unnecessarily big assets). On windows reinstalling every year or every second year was normal.
As a tip from someone who also used to host game servers on Linux mint (and now Ubuntu server), you will save yourself so many headaches if you use an open-source container program like Pterodactyl Panel. Even if a game isn’t officially supported (like 7 days to die), someone’s already made a community script for the game that can be imported in 4 or so clicks.
Trust me, it’s a hell of a lot better than the manual option on Windows or Linux for games XD