Linux Exceeds 3% Marketshare on Steam Hardware Survey for First Time
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DeepEnigma
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PlayStaytion
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Haven't seen him that happy before but I'm sure he do it behind the scenes.
pudel
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Unfortunately he isnt Thanos. He is just doing a lot of things right (even if he is doing just nothing) and creating win/win situations. The real Thanos is this guy imho:
deriks
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But for real, I hope it grows enough to be a substantial thing, and with better performance - I know it's not that big, but it has it
I don't believe Valve's Steam Box will be the key, but this shows the community itself is shaking things. If the mindset of PC gamer forgets Windows and focus on gaming, Linux will be on top
Donald mac Ronald
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I know we've seen real world better performance on handhelds but is there big performance uplift in real gaming PCs that have been benchmarked.
pudel
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Its not about performance uplifts imho. This would be really weird, because proton just really only translate windows games to be playable on linux. I would always expect some kind of "translation loss". The fact that some games running better on linux is already quite strange to me. I would be happy with stable 85%-90% performance (compared to windows) and more feature parity (this seems to be important for many people).
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PlayStaytion
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I learned from One Piece to judge villains from the way they laugh.Unfortunately he isnt Thanos. He is just doing a lot of things right (even if he is doing just nothing) and creating win/win situations. The real Thanos is this guy imho:
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Magic Carpet
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Crayon
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But for real, I hope it grows enough to be a substantial thing, and with better performance - I know it's not that big, but it has it
I don't believe Valve's Steam Box will be the key, but this shows the community itself is shaking things. If the mindset of PC gamer forgets Windows and focus on gaming, Linux will be on top
Depends on what you mean by "on top". I was thinking about it the other night and with the way things are now, I think there might be 10% of steam users who might find it pretty much painless. ie, get a real replacement for what they use their computer for. And if linux can get to 10%, I'd see that as a huge win. I don't see any path to actually surpassing windows on desktop and laptops. Alternative form factors like handhelds, steam machine(s), headsets or whatever, I can see it having a much higher share than 10%.
PlayStaytion
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Fill those stones in the blank but I'll do it for you
1)Microsoft
2)PlayStation
3)Nintendo (The big one cause it'd be dramatic if it happened)
4)Mobile
5)Other PC launchers
The Mad Draklor
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When taking into account only Steam accounts using English, the Linux marketshare is at 7.09%. I think this is significant since the US is the biggest and therefore, the most important market to gain a foothold.
CrimsonTide
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I understand 0 about Linux, or is it pronounced Linux? Well, I say Linux, anyhow until Steam Deck never once remotely considered it. But that said, bring on the Gabecube, assuming it's not $1,000!
One of my predictions for Microsoft's "success" was that while they were shoving 100 billion dollars up Phil's ass to make him delirious enough to buy Nintendo, Valve would come along with Linux on PC and shove it up Microsoft's ass.
It's quite possible that this will happen again:
Just like Microsoft spent money on the first Xbox because Sony was going to "steal the living room," then iOS and Android came along and put a cell phone in the hand of every person in the house, and nobody cares anymore about the "PC in the living room" because everyone already has a PC in their pocket.
It's great to see this disgusting company, Microsoft, getting screwed.
It's quite possible that this will happen again:
Just like Microsoft spent money on the first Xbox because Sony was going to "steal the living room," then iOS and Android came along and put a cell phone in the hand of every person in the house, and nobody cares anymore about the "PC in the living room" because everyone already has a PC in their pocket.
It's great to see this disgusting company, Microsoft, getting screwed.
Guilty_AI
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The correct pronunciation is Linux
CrimsonTide
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I was correct, good! thought I was, but I never really hear anyone say it aloud very much.
Guilty_AI
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7% for english speaking accounts, which is around 40% of the total Steam userbase
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pudel
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Its really interesting. I would have thought that the chinese, russian and southamerican comrades would be more into it.
Guilty_AI
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i think pirated windows still dominates in such places
Crayon
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Oh shit. It's still 3% worldwide, and we are talking about a worldwide business, but that is some significant context. Thanks!
pudel
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Yeah, of course...but linux doesnt cost anything as well.
Guilty_AI
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more name recognition, the average person would just think of "windows!" and dowload a pirated copy for free. Seems some countries even use pirated copies within the governments.
And undeniably, a pirated copy of an older windows version that doesn't force updates down our throats is still a pretty viable system to use at the moment. Using a PC with windows 10 is perfectly fine in a home enviroment.
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pudel
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Its literally the best windows version.
