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Linux user share on Steam breaks 2% thanks to Steam Deck (www.gamingonlinux.com)
submitted 5 months ago by noodlejetski@lemm.ee to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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A moment I've no doubt many Linux fans have been waiting to see. 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.

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[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 30 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It's nice to see Linux is doing well on Steam. It's great that Steam Deck/OS is so successful. 👍
Also kudos to Arch, I must admit I'm surprised to see Arch as the most popular among other distros.

[-] Nilz@sopuli.xyz 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Steam Deck runs on Arch so it's no surprise it's up so high.

Edit: it doesn't count as Arch. The Steam Survey results page has a bug where it doesn't show SteamOS as top listing for Linux OS when combined Windows, Mac and Linux view is selected.

[-] 737@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 5 months ago

It doesn't, the os is immutable and just based on Arch. Arch is counted separately in the Stream hardware survey too.

[-] Nilz@sopuli.xyz 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

That's interesting. When you look at the steam survey results under OS Version, with Windows Mac and Linux combined it shows under Linux that Arch is in first followed by Ubuntu 22, but when you switch the view to Linux only, the OS Version shows SteamOS Holo in first, followed by Arch, then Flatpack runtime and Ubuntu. So yes you're right. This shows why I thought SteamOS counted as Arch. My bad.

[-] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago

SteamOS Holocaust

[-] Nilz@sopuli.xyz 4 points 5 months ago

Oops. Thanks autocorrect

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