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[โ€“] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

People buying Steam decks are likely the majority of those numbers.

The Steam Deck shows up as Arch Linux in the steam numbers; Arch is only 10.7% of the Linux user-base on Steam. And this is on top of the fact desktop Arch Linux is a thing as well sharing space in that line-item.

The Steam Deck (and Microsoft tomfoolery) certainly was the catalyst for the current wave of adoption, but it is barely a notable percentage of Linux installs on Steam.

[โ€“] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 2 points 3 days ago

but it is barely a notable percentage of Linux installs on Steam.

0.3% of 130 million is still a fuckton of people. If even PewDiePie is going to Linux, that means desktop Linux has hit a point it certainly hasn't ever before