• Gork@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    Finally, the Year of the Linux Desktop draws near!

    Any year now. I hope.

    • Programmer Belch@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      5 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
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      5 months ago

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

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldB
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    5 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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