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Steam data reveals PC gamers shifting from Windows to Linux (www.tweaktown.com)

submitted 2 days ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] Feyd@programming.dev 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I dunno .32% in a single month seems pretty significant. Obviously it's not like Windows is going to go the way of the dodo but it's looking like Linux may be taking a permanent piece of the pie where it had no staying power before.

[–] kadup@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I hate to say it, but it's literally PewDiePie recording a video and showing young gaming fans Linux and calling it "cool". That's it. The guy's got 110M subscribers.

[–] AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 days ago

Maybe. But so what? Pewdiepie wouldn't have made the video if windows didn't have serious problems, and if Linux wasn't an incredibly good kernel to build an OS on.

That video highlighted that you don't have to be technical to use Linux, it's here, and it's ready for mass adoption.