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Linux user share on Steam breaks 2% thanks to Steam Deck (www.gamingonlinux.com)
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[–] Gork@lemm.ee 18 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Finally, the Year of the Linux Desktop draws near!

Any year now. I hope.

[–] programmer_belch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 months ago

Two years after windows closes support for windows 10 we will get a massive spike in linux users or a massive spike in landfill users. A man can dream

[–] Toes@ani.social 1 points 3 months ago

Once I see native support for fortnite I'll know we entered that golden era.

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

Look at us all grown up and shit.

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 2 points 3 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The Linux user share on Steam has smashed through the 2% barrier.

Not actually for the first time though, it did initially rise up above 2% in March 2013, shortly after the original Steam for Linux release when it left Beta.

Part of the reason it had higher numbers at the start, was that Valve added a special Tux item into Team Fortress 2 only on Linux but it quickly dropped in the following months.

With the latest info though from the May 2024 survey, Linux has now hit 2.32%.

If I have my historical data correct, we haven't seen Linux be over 2% since 2013.

Take into account the explosive growth of Steam as a platform and that's quite a lot of people now.

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