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Linux user share on Steam breaks 2% thanks to Steam Deck (www.gamingonlinux.com)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Only dimly related, but since I'm in this 2%, I can't help reflecting that in the 11 months since joining Lemmy, I have:

  • Canceled all of my streaming subscriptions

  • Built a massive Plex Server

  • Rekindled my love of Unix building said server

  • Began pirating movies, TV, music, and software like a fucking syphilitic pegleg

  • Began experiencing Star Trek TNG for the first time, pirated, on my Plex Server, running Linux

  • Bought a steam deck and began experimenting with Arch

Don't ever let anyone tell you your feed doesn't influence you, no matter how media literate you are.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Fuuuuuuuck, you made have the same realization.

  • Ditched W10 for Mint

  • Bought a NAS and set up all .arrs and cancelled all my subscriptions (- Spotify)

  • Home media server with Jellyfin

  • Shared said server with friends and family via Tailscale

  • Set up my very first server on a low end device running headless Debian, all from scratch with docker and Portainer. Currently running a Valheim server

All this with 0 previous Linux experience. Reddit beeing cunts made me learn a lot of cool new things these part 12 months!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I moved my Desktop to Linux when the Steam Deck was announced. Before that I had no idea that Linux was able to play almost any game using Proton.

So I think the Steam Deck has also boosted Desktop numbers.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

I found that there is a branch called Bazzite that is essentially Steam OS for desktop, I've been using it for a few months now with four monitors and no major hiccups.