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

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[-] commander@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

It'll be a slow grind. I view. Linux today similar to Macs in like 2003. Low single digit market share but increasing adoption. What doesn't match is the lack of a huge company pushing out flagship advertised laptops/desktops with them that tie in to a very popular device like iPods. But today there's so many more computers being used that a low single digit market share today is probably way more people than Macs back in 2003. And Linux gaming today is better than gaming on MacOS has ever been. Today MacOS is like 15%

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