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Linux Distros (Gaming) From 2018 to 2025 - OMG the Change!
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Is this just based on protondb user reporting/comment data? because I doubt the sample size tells you anything other than these are the builds most used by users willing to contribute to protondb.
Yes. However, it's still very notable that distros like Ubuntu have gone from 40+% to under 10%.
Ubuntu is the distro that people hate on the most, which is ironic given how easy it is to use.
Pop_OS hit 12.3% in Feb 2021 and completely fell off the chart in May of this year before coming back for September. I'm one of those users.
Oh, and i'm pretty sure I know where flatpak is from. The instructions to input your system data in ProtonDB relies on steam's system information. My OS shows as flatpak by default because I installed a flatpak version of steam from the pop shop. If someone doesn't manipulate it themselves, it shows as "OS: Freedesktop SDK 25.08 (Flatpak runtime)" - The most recent data shows flatpak as 4.5%. So who knows where those users really are coming from. Cachyos ships with steam, so it won't ever show up as flatpak for that OS unless someone does something really funky.
S76 has been focusing heavily on Cosmic, so Pop as a whole has fallen behind. The new Beta is very promising, but not something I would daily drive. I love a lot about Cosmic, but it has a long way to go before it’s as polished and functional as Plasma.
It's easy to use unless you NEED the non-snap version of a package.
So I wanted to install GrapheneOS on my pixel. I booted into Ubuntu and the USB connecting to my pixel just didn't work
Turns out, snap is at fault. Guess what, there's no easy way to just say "give me the non-snap package"
Same experience for me.
Recently I booted the Live CD to test something, downloaded Steam via the Ubuntu App Store and that Snap garbage wouldn't even launch, meanwhile the Steam.deb worked perfectly fine on the same environment. Imagine getting that as your first experience with Linux.....