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limelight79, do games w Linux hits exactly 2% user share on the October 2024 Steam Survey

Oh, that was me. I installed it on my desktop Linux computer the other day.

You’re welcome.

apostrofail,

Ty

yrmp,

Installed Pop!_OS from Windows 11 two weeks ago myself.

BlueMagma,

I got rid of my dual boot arch/windows, and installed single boot draugerOS this week end.

Jeffool, do games w Linux hits exactly 2% user share on the October 2024 Steam Survey
@Jeffool@lemmy.world avatar

I’d love to make the move, but there’s a one-two punch of: I play Warzone with family. I think anti-cheat there is only going to get worse. Second? I already get caught with the fiddly bits of errors on Windows sometimes and spend too long searching for answers. Any time I see that on Linux it looks like I’d need years more of active learning new problem solving to reach my current level of comfort.

I’m at that “is it worth planting the apple tree now that I didn’t plant 20 years ago?” thinking.

ballskicker,

I’m not really a tech guy at all and I let these nerds talk me into trying Linux Mint, I haven’t bothered with Windows 10 for several months now. There was some frustrating troubleshooting at first but once the settings are tweaked how you like them, the updates don’t negate your tweaks like with Microsoft. I’m sure there’s a lot of functionality I’m not maximizing but I don’t feel the need to. I got my productivity stuff figured out, my game stuff figured out, the last thing I really need to get sorted is why my printer is being such a wiener but I use it so sparingly that there’s not much motivation to mess with that. I did dual boot for a while so I wouldn’t feel overwhelmingly stupid when it came to Linux, so I was able to familiarize myself with the new setup at my pace and that helped quite a bit I think. No harm in going that route, then you can see what happens with Warzone before fully taking the plunge

Jeffool,
@Jeffool@lemmy.world avatar

I actually used Mint for about a year a decade ago, and really liked it then. What made me switch back was the gaming. That said, I hear gaming on Linux has just gotten better and better; just like people in this thread are saying. Whenever I get around to putting together a new PC I’ll probably either dump something Linux on this one or dual boot myself. Sadly I don’t expect Activision to really support it. But hey, Lord knows I’ve been wrong before. (And yeah, printers are often kinda universally assholes though; that we all know.)

FeelThePower,

Warzone player here, I actually had to switch back to windows after like 3 years on mint because of this sadly.

prole,

Admittedly, I don’t play any games with anti-cheat, but my linux gaming experience over the past two years or so has been outstanding. I don’t believe I have encountered a single game that I have wanted to play, but could not. And 99.9% of them work without any tweaking required.

Mako_Bunny,

Warframe works fine on linux, just saying

Jeffool,
@Jeffool@lemmy.world avatar

hah, respect, but I play Warzone with some cousins who are on console. (Actually I just searched, and I didn’t realize Warframe had crossplay now! I might have to at least get them to give it a shot, thanks for the mention!)

Mako_Bunny,

Oh I may have misread the comment, apologies

Jeffool,
@Jeffool@lemmy.world avatar

Nah you’re good. I’m absolutely going to suggest we give Warframe a try. And if we get off of Warzone, maybe I’ll end up moving sooner rather than later.

thatKamGuy,

If it’s within your budget, grab a Steam Deck and use it in docked Desktop mode. It’s a pretty great introduction into Linux IMO, especially due to the fact that Valve themselves are maintaining the OS, and since it’s running on a fixed hardware platform - most online solutions should be applicable to any problems you may encounter.

Worst case, you don’t like it you can always eBay it off to recoup most of your costs?

Jeffool,
@Jeffool@lemmy.world avatar

That WOULD be a fraction of the cost of a new PC. But given my current one is a 2017 build with a 1080 in it, I’m really hoping to make next year the time to free up some money for it regardless. But I do appreciate the thought!

TunaLobster,

If you can swing it, keep the old PC parts around and put Linux on the old stuff and build up confidence there. I used synergy to move my mouse between windows and Linux and slowly got to the point I felt good enough to jump all in.

dubyakay, do games w Linux hits exactly 2% user share on the October 2024 Steam Survey

How do I take the survey?

yikerman,
@yikerman@lemmy.world avatar

I think Steam automatically uploads your hardware and software spec

Thekingoflorda,
@Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world avatar

(Only certain users, and only if you consent)

AngryCommieKender,

Ok, so a blue username normally means OP, a green one means mod. What the heck is a red username?

x00z,
@x00z@lemmy.world avatar

Instance admin.

Dlolor,

Random users are asked each month. If you get chosen you’ll get a popup in the Steam client asking if you’d like to participate.

TunaLobster,

Yep! And it’s per account. Both of my Linux machines are in this months data!

dubyakay,

Weird that it’d be random when they could just ask every user. Would give a more accurate breakdown on certain categories.

Buddahriffic,

That might bias the results towards gaming cafes and people building test machines. Cases where an account is used but a single snapshot doesn’t necessarily reflect what they normally use or that would capture the same machine multiple times.

bluewing, do games w Linux hits exactly 2% user share on the October 2024 Steam Survey

Whelp, I ain’t helping the cause. I might be running Fedora on both my computers, but I can’t be bothered to game.

FreeDoom isn’t a game, it’s a lifestyle

ipkpjersi, do games w Linux hits exactly 2% user share on the October 2024 Steam Survey

There are dozens of us!

Stovetop, do games w Linux hits exactly 2% user share on the October 2024 Steam Survey

Surprised it’s not higher. I would have thought more than 2% of people on Steam were using Steam Deck.

trespasser69, (edited )
@trespasser69@lemmy.world avatar

Well maybe Linux most likely to hit ~7% global OS market share and total 5%+ Steam Survey user share next 10 years (its just prediction)

KITA,

Keep dreaming. Not that I hope Linux doesn’t do well. But I can’t imagine it’ll continue to grow into the future.

hanrahan,
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I hope it languishes around 3-4% at most, if it does get 7%-10% enshitification inevitably ensues and it will grow more and get worse

rbits,

If that happens, you can just switch to another distro. That’s the point of Linux

pixelscript,

I’d be more than happy to sacrifice a distro I don’t care about like Ubuntu to the mainstream if it means Microsoft’s market cap gets a sizeable chunk taken out of it.

CeeBee_Eh,

Over 15% marketshare in India

umbrella, (edited )
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  • CeeBee_Eh,

    Dunno. I don’t live there.

    Ugurcan,

    Deck sold well but there are billions of Steam users.

    CeeBee_Eh,

    ~35 million concurrent active users.

    Solemarc,

    I could swear it was higher earlier this year/last year but looking at the survey results, Linux climbed to 2% this survey. I think maybe that half remembered headline was something like “Linux is higher than MacOS at 1.5% market share” or something like that instead?

    visor841,

    Steam is a massive worldwide market, and the Steam Deck isn’t offered everywhere. Chinese users for example have to import it, so not many are used there.

    CMahaff,

    I got the hardware survey on my Windows PC, but not on my Steamdeck. So I wonder if there is only 1 survey per user, and most people don’t use a steamdeck exclusively?

    Davel23,

    I got asked about the survey on both my desktop and Steam Deck.

    CMahaff,

    Curious did you get the survey popup in desktop mode on the deck? Or does it work in “big picture”?

    Davel23,

    It was in desktop mode, so maybe that makes a difference.

    hangonasecond,

    I don’t think the 2% figure includes the steam deck, but I might be wrong

    Macros,

    It does include it. The article list it in detail: 36.79% of the Linux users use the steam deck. And the number is falling, which means there are more users also using Linux on desktop PC (or other gaming handhelds)

    But that may also just be statistical noise.

    Buttflapper, do games w Linux hits exactly 2% user share on the October 2024 Steam Survey

    Still no anti cheat support

    ComeHereOrIHookYou,

    Linux always had software that has anti-cheat. First one I can think off that is both a native Linux application and has anti-cheat is Tibia. Aside from that are Valve games. I am sure there are plenty of others too aside from those that opened up through Proton/Wine.

    What we don’t have is kernel level anti-cheat and honestly I would rather stay away from games that deploy it than allow such software running in my computer.

    qevlarr, do games w Linux hits exactly 2% user share on the October 2024 Steam Survey
    @qevlarr@lemmy.world avatar

    2%

    Linux users: 👐 it’s happening! 👐

    ms_lane,

    Year 👏 of 👏 the 👏 Linux 👏 Desktop!

    SkaveRat, do games w Linux hits exactly 2% user share on the October 2024 Steam Survey

    Converted one of my gaming PC SSDs to a Linux disk. and I’m so amazed how well it just works with proton.

    When a have some time I’m going to fully convert it to Linux, with a small Windows VM for the 1-2 tools I sometimes need

    prole,

    and I’m so amazed how well it just works with proton.

    Yeah dude!

    I’m relatively new to Linux, so I don’t really have any experience pre-proton. But I get the feeling that there are TONS of people who haven’t tried it in years, that truly do not understand how far it has come. I’m sure they’ve heard that before, etc., but I can say that it’s 100% true this time.

    If you haven’t tried gaming on Linux since before the Steam Deck came out, I implore you to give it another shot. Even better if you use a gaming-oriented distro (I’m on Bazzite now, and it has been wonderful).

    SkaveRat,

    yeah, proton is amazing.

    I’m using linux for 17 years or so, and just kept my gaming rig as my only windows machine.

    Gaming on linux was super hit or miss. Sometimes wine (at its forks) worked nicely, sometime it was unusable.

    It got a LOT better when everyone started using unity and unreal, as they have native linux compatibility, but proton now closed the gap nicely

    olafurp, do games w Linux hits exactly 2% user share on the October 2024 Steam Survey

    YEAR OF THE LINUX DESKTOP

    Sunshine, do games w Terraria hits over 60 million sales with Terraria 1.4.5 shaping up to be another big update
    @Sunshine@lemmy.ca avatar

    Wake me up when they add a non-binary option.

    People said it couldn’t be done because the game was finished, that was determined to be a lie.

    x00z,
    @x00z@lemmy.world avatar

    Make a mod for it or something

    RandomVideos,

    “More inclusive and customizable character creation that allows players to mix and match different character styles and voices. A third new voice type and the ability to change the voice’s pitch are also being added”

    Does this count?

    Sunshine,
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    That does help!

    VonReposti, do games w Linux hits exactly 2% user share on the October 2024 Steam Survey

    Coincidentally last month I got the survey for the first time since I switched to Linux a decade ago.

    shasta, do games w Terraria hits over 60 million sales with Terraria 1.4.5 shaping up to be another big update

    1.4.5 is a major update? Then why isn’t it 1.5.0 or 2.0.0? Use semver, people!

    Nelots,

    Well, Terraria 1.4 was initially going to be version 1.3.6 until they kept adding more and more. This could end up the same way.

    Railcar8095,

    The problem is that they have been for far too long “just one last small change” that then ends I’ll becoming huge.

    From 1.0 to now it has changed enough that it could be a complete sequel.

    RarePossum,

    RIP Terraria 2. Rest in piece

    tigeruppercut,

    And Otherworld

    chunkystyles,

    I was really excited for Otherworld.

    tigeruppercut,

    Me too bud, me too

    Mammothmothman, do games w Terraria hits over 60 million sales with Terraria 1.4.5 shaping up to be another big update

    Crap there goes my evening.

    Cossty, do games w Terraria hits over 60 million sales with Terraria 1.4.5 shaping up to be another big update

    I tried to get into terraria so many times, but this 2d perspective is just not doing it for me. For the same reasons, I don’t play metroidvanias and platformers. There are some platformer that I like, Gris, for example, but that’s not exactly the same. I have no problems with Core keeper or Stardew valley, so the genre is not the problem. I need to reconcile with it and accept that some games are just not for me.

    thermal_shock,

    same.

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