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Steam On Linux Usage Spikes To Nearly 2% In July, Larger Marketshare Than Apple macOS (www.phoronix.com)
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[–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

I am always excited to see Linux gaining market share. But "spikes" and "nearly 2%" don't really go well together.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Sure, it's only about half a percentage point. However, relatively speaking, the increase is rather significant at over 30%, also this being the first time Linux having a larger share than macOS.

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    • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    My guess is that these are the Windows 7 holdouts who refuse to move to Win 10/11. Steam recently added a notification and countdown to Win 7 clients alerting the end of support for Steam on the OS.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Do you think people who still use Windows 7 now, 5 months before the deadline, switch to Linux instead of upgrading Windows?

    I want to believe, but it seems unlikely to me. Sure, you'd need to pay me to use Windows 10 and 11, but they don't seem much worse than Windows 7 to me.

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    • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    https://media.tenor.com/p_J3gkVOvK8AAAAC/starship-troopers-im-doing-my-part.gif

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    [–] 0 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    I'm on linux, how can I be part of that? I don't play games but I could be 0.001%.

    Is it as simple as installing steam and logging in once a month?

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