• state_electrician
    6·
    1 year ago

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

    • Laser@feddit.de
      3·
      1 year 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.

    • alessandro@lemmy.caOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      The surpass on MacOS is expected tho. I am not talking in the sense “because Linux is superior” but more “because Apple is directly against Valve” so Apple users may face issues on the road ahead even if they try to keep using Steam. Apple wants its customer in their AppStore, obviously.

  • ifGoingToCrashDont@lemmy.world
    3·
    1 year ago

    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.

    • Laser@feddit.de
      1·
      1 year 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.

  • beta_tester@lemmy.ml
    0·
    1 year ago

    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?

    • Schlutzkrapfen@lemmy.ml
      1·
      1 year ago

      no it’s an algorithm that gives preference to players who play more, making them more likely to receive the survey and participate.