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    OS market share over the last 5 years on Steam. Linux now above 3%. [OC]
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    OS market share over the last 5 years on Steam. Linux now above 3%. [OC]

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    2. TripleSecretSquirrel on

      Curious if anyone has any insights, but the Linux bump has got to be from Steam Decks right?

    4. histprofdave on

      Honestly thought MacOS was higher. Maybe it’s just that Mac users are so evangelical about their preference they seem like a larger group.

    5. briandemodulated on

      I’m so surprised to see Linux actually outpacing MacOS. Why is Steam so unpopular with Mac users?

    10. Lighthouse31 on

      Nice to see it grow, I’m not changing to Linux until I can play games with the most common anti-cheats though.

    11. CriesAboutSkinsInCOD on

      Only 97% more to go for Linux until total world domination! You can do it! 😭

      From reading all the shit here on Reddit you would think everyone and their mother and goldfish were switching to Linux and abandoning Windows.

      Another one of those classic “internet echo-chamber circle-jerking” horse shit.

    12. ArtOfWarfare on

      I have a Windows 10 laptop that can’t upgrade to Windows 11… any suggestions for which OS/distro I should move it over to?

      Is SteamOS generally a good one or… should I pick something else?

    13. Orzorn on

      Windows dropping across the mid 90s is pretty nuts. At this rate (I know I know, I’m basically begging for the XKCD comic to be posted) we’ll see Windows in the sub 90s by 2028 or 2030.

      Valve is VERY responsible for this due to the Proton layer in Steam. Its so good I’ve been able to run every release title I’ve bought with zeroes issues. Maybe I have to add the gamemode setting to get it to not give me a black screen.

      For Microsoft’s part, I switched to Linux over a year ago because I was really unhappy with the direction it was going. More locked in to the cloud, more forced updates, just enshitification. I went to Mint and never looked back.

    15. GodsBoss on

      I hope this trend doesn’t continue. If Linux gets too mainstream, say 5%, I have to switch. Maybe FreeBSD?

    17. Cuntslapper9000 on

      Is this beautifully presented Data? Cool info but I miss when the sub was sick communication design.

    19. theservman on

      More salient than “over 3%” is “nearly tripled in 5 years”.

      Admittedly from next to nothing, to next to nothing.