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Steam data reveals PC gamers shifting from Windows to Linux (www.tweaktown.com)

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[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 7 points 17 hours ago

~95% on windows. Sub-1% shift to linux on non-desktop equipment. These are not the same thing.

[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 13 points 14 hours ago

What‘s non desktop equipment?

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world -5 points 12 hours ago

Yeah, I can plug a Nintendo Switch into a display but that doesn't make it a desktop.

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Someone doesn't know what the Steam Deck actually is.

[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago

No, because a Nintendo console is not a PC. Steam Deck and the other SteamOS devices have a literal "Enter Desktop Mode" feature and desktop use is (as seen in the promotional picture) an advertised feature.

[-] bufalo1973@europe.pub 2 points 11 hours ago

KDE as I see.

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