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Linux smashes another market share record for August 2024 on Statcounter (www.gamingonlinux.com)

submitted 2 months ago by Beaver@lemmy.ca to c/linux@programming.dev

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[-] recursive_recursion@programming.dev 36 points 2 months ago

I just converted a Windows user to PopOS this week so I'm doing my part🫡

[-] Beaver@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 months ago

Thank you for your service 🫡

[-] recursive_recursion@programming.dev 7 points 2 months ago

🫡🤗

[-] Grass@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago

thank you for your service

[-] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

Welcome to the club

[-] lvxferre@mander.xyz 15 points 2 months ago

What happened around '20?

I'm asking that because, the way that I'm reading this graph, there's a plateau between '15 and '20, and then a slope upwards.

[-] autokludge@programming.dev 18 points 2 months ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_Deck ?

[-] lvxferre@mander.xyz 5 points 2 months ago

Rumors that Valve was working on a portable gaming unit had emerged in May 2021

Perhaps. The timing fits considerably better than the other alternatives mentioned until now.

[-] Damage@feddit.it 17 points 2 months ago

...covid?

[-] lvxferre@mander.xyz 8 points 2 months ago

I don't think that it's due to COVID, as it's an upwards slope instead of just a spike, or spike + plateau.

[-] untorquer@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Covid was a time when many people had their eyes opened to big tech not having good intentions. I wouldn't be surprised if covid did make a difference. It was a free option and people often had extra time on their hands to tinker. Lots of people changed jobs after as well. None of those mean there would have been a spike necessarily, but may contribute to an increase in adoption rate.

[-] lvxferre@mander.xyz 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I don't rule out the possibility that COVID made some people think further on how they interact with software, and that indirectly promoted some Linux usage. However, I don't think that it would create continuous pressure encouraging adoption, that keeps going on four years later.

Another reason why I don't think that COVID is the cause is the timing: the "bulk" of the social impact happened in early 2020, but the slope seems to start near the end of 2020, almost early 2021.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

I had extra time during the pandemic and used some of it to permanently migrate to Linux.

[-] taaz@biglemmowski.win 7 points 2 months ago

Maybe that LTT linux challenge?

[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 13 points 2 months ago

I think it's a combination of factors:

Long term trend of services moving from native desktop to more web apps which incidentally improves Linux support
Valve pushing Linux Gaming to new heights
Flatpak reaches critical mass and shipping on multiple distros by default
Unpopularity of the latest Windows development trends
Average PC user becoming more technically inclined -- "normal" people more likely to skip the PC and go mobile-only

[-] BlackLaZoR@fedia.io 8 points 2 months ago

Windows 10 and 11 happened

Edit: Also around 2017 DXVK happened bringing high end gaming to Linux

[-] CloudyBlake@infosec.exchange 13 points 2 months ago

@Beaver Wonder how much of M$ trying to cram Recall on everyone drove that.

[-] recursive_recursion@programming.dev 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

it's definitely having an impact on my customers as they're concerned about staying on Windows

the biggest blocker for them is Windows app parity on Linux

[-] CloudyBlake@infosec.exchange 10 points 2 months ago

@recursive_recursion Having helped over 200 users migrate from windows to mac over the years, I find that it's more fear than anything. Most folks are just using email, browser and some time of office suite.

[-] plz1@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

.1% gain is smashing records now?

[-] cheddar@programming.dev 8 points 2 months ago

So that's why this figure is not in the title. Sharing such posts is disrespectful towards the community.

[-] WhosDonlee@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

I think the smashing records is referring to breaking record after record. I'm also curious about the absolute increase of users, 0.1% increase could be a lot of new users in just a month.