Linux Gaming @lemmy.ml Luffy879 @lemmy.ml 2w ago

Linux usage on STeam is Up 0.13%

Linux just gained another .13% usage, while Windows lost .23. Another win for Linux

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0.13%? This is definitely the year of linux desktop.
- Let's. Freakin. GOOOOOO!!!
- An increase of 172000 monthly active Linux users (based on this)
It's interesting that windows 10 lost more than windows 11 gained, .09% of users jumped ship because they didn't want windows 11
- I don't thing any of these changes are statistically enough to make these kind of assumptions
  
  Yeah seriously, any change less than ~2% is within margin of error.
  
  No, there are probably loads of other factors at play
  
  Funny though
Chill! That's only 2% in total. We can feel happy for Valve doing the pioneer work and maintaining software for Linux.
- Percentages can hide the impact of tendencies. Steam has 132MM monthly active users, assuming the poll is a representative sample. Then, 2% is a bit over 2.6MM people using a linux device. This doesn't include steamOS. That's at least equivalent to an entire small country's population using Linux.
  
  But it does include SteamOS
  
  Hey, where u get those numbers from?? I thought they stopped disclosing these a few yrs back. Personally I would've guessed its closer to 150m myself but I'd like to see any reports or more informed speculation if possible.
- That's more than Mac
  
  Tbh for some reason I always assumed there were more Linux gamers than Mac gamers lol
"Arch Linux"
That's me, that's all me
Rounding error.
For October 2024

https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/
- Thanks, didnt know there was a link. ill be adding that as url.
come on where's my survey I want to get surveyed
Goat
Ubuntu 24.04LTS reporting in!
If you run Steam under Wine or variant under Linux which I assume many do, does that count as Windows or Linux?
- I don't think I've seen anyone run Steam through Wine. What would be the reasons for that?
  
  It used to be common and useful. I did this even after Valve shipped a native Linux TF2 as at the beginning the Wine method gave better results on my hardware. But that time has long passed as Valve has integrated Wine (Proton) and in almost all cases the Linux native builds will outperform Wine (and Steam will let you use the Windows version via Proton if you want even if there is a native Linux build).
  
  So while I suspect that there are still a few people doing this out of momentum, habit or reading old tutorials I am not aware of any good reasons to do this anymore.
  
  Oh, does it allow you on Linux to download all games with the native client? On the Mac that doesn’t work, so then I run it through Wine.
  
  I haven't used it in a while, but last time I tried Lutris there were many games that relied on the Steam on Wine runner.

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