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Steam Hardware survey for January 2024 (lemmy.ml)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Windows 96.52%

Linux 1.95%

OSX 1.54%

https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 9 months ago (2 children)

"I use 'Arch Linux'" she said sarcastically. Why are Arch and Manjaro in quotes, but Ubuntu LTS and Linux Mint aren't?

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 23 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

And why is Arch more popular than Ubuntu? Surely SteamOS counts as something different, so it's probably not that.

I'm not a fan of Ubuntu, but it's a very popular beginner OS, and I'd assume a lot of Linux gamers are lazy and use the thing that gets them into a game the fastest.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Arch is listed as a whole, while Ubuntu is a specific version (22.04 LTS).

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 8 points 9 months ago

Ah, good point. Still a lot more Arch users than I expected.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

I've had so many issues with Ubuntu in the last few years compared to other distros that honestly I wouldn't feel comfortable recommending it as a beginner distro anymore.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I use "SteamOS Holo" btw

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 1 points 9 months ago

I think it's interesting Flatpak shows as a separate distro.