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What is the most popular Linux distribution on PC? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

If we are talking about desktop PCs, maybe Ubuntu, but based these reports it's Arch.

https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam%3Fplatform%3Dlinux&ved=2ahUKEwjdg9iH-d2FAxXjppUCHVjoCJUQjjh6BAgbEAE&usg=AOvVaw208M9_ZU0zQ2BXwz8ei5Oa

https://youtu.be/8V8uQbIFlh0?si=Zc-AG7Ojf1V0y8sT

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[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 19 points 2 years ago (1 child)

That's because SteamOS, the operating system preinstalled on the Steam Deck, is based on Arch.

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[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I don't understand why they haven't offered a way to filter out the Deck from those results. It skews every category (CPU, GPU etc.)

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[–] billgamesh@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Not really..That's not a linux user metric it's a steam user metric. Seems fine to include the steam hardware platform

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[–] gorysubparbagel@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Worth keeping in mind that the steam deck uses a distro based on arch, so it might be inflating the arch numbers in that steam survey.

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[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

I don't think it is. Mint is based on Ubuntu but still shows up as mint. Arch is very popular

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[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Nah in that category it was separating steamOS. Here is the stats for operating system for Linux.

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[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah you can filter stats by OS then click on the linux os section to get more details then you'll see what I screenshot. I had to dig to find it.

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[–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

With Steam having a gaming audience I'd argue that this has at least a slight bias towards Arch, as the latest kernel versions and other software are often advantageous for gaming in particular.

But even with the Steam numbers note that Arch is just listed as one single variant, while Ubuntu has separate entries for different versions. Ubuntu LTS 22.04 alone is so close to Arch that it's probably ahead once you include all versions.

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