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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Steam On Linux Usage Spikes To Nearly 2% In July, Larger Marketshare Than Apple macOS (www.phoronix.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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According to these new numbers from Valve, the Linux customer base is up to 1.96%, or a 0.52% jump over June! That's a huge jump with normally just moving 0.1% or so in either direction most months... It's also near an all-time high on a percentage basis going back to the early days of Steam on Linux when it had around a 2% marketshare but at that time the Steam customer size in absolute numbers was much smaller a decade ago than it is now. So if the percentage numbers are accurate, this is likely the largest in absolute terms that the Linux gaming marketshare has ever been.

Data from Valve: https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam?platform=combined

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

that infringes on your right

Which one(s)? Very interested to know if Valve is breaking the law by operating their digital storefront.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Rights are not a purely legal concept. You can have rights that are not codified by law.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sure, but in that case it should absolutely be specified what type of "right" we're referring to. I'm guessing this falls in category of moral rights? They're breaking our moral rights by operating the same way each other digital storefront does.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

More clarification would be helpful, I agree.

the same way each other digital storefront does

I'm not sure if I'm understanding you correctly, but "everyone else is doing evil too" is not an incredibly effective defense against doing evil.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not defending their activities; I was looking for clarification on what the OP was claiming. My last sentence summary is essentially that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I see. My apologies for misunderstanding you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

All good. Just wanted to add that its nice we can have this convo without insulting eachother lol.