The latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey is out for June 2023, and it shows just how much the Linux share is now influenced by the Steam Deck.
Overall the Steam Deck has kind of taken over Linux gaming and June 2023's statistic are pretty striking. For the last few months SteamOS was sitting in the low to mid 20% but it seems there's been a big uptick over the last month because it's jumped rather a lot.
According to Valve's stats:
- SteamOS Holo 64 bit 39.33% +14.01%
- Arch Linux 64 bit 8.33% -1.66%
- Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS 64 bit 7.87% -1.85%
- Freedesktop.org SDK 22.08 (Flatpak runtime) 64 bit 6.02% -1.25%
- Linux Mint 21.1 64 bit 4.55% -0.91%
- "Manjaro Linux" 64 bit 4.37% -1.42%
- Other 29.54% -3.38%
We can expect that SteamOS Holo count to increase again, considering how well the Steam Deck is selling during the Steam Summer Sale 2023. Something to keep in mind though, is that for a lot of people the Steam Deck will be an additional system, not their only one used by Steam but you usually only get the survey on one machine.
The overall stats are:
- Windows 96.77% +0.63%
- OSX 1.79% -0.60%
- Linux 1.44% -0.03%
Going by what Valve list that puts Linux use almost as high as the remaining Windows 7 and 8 machines noted in the survey results.
Latest details of the Linux user share over time can be seen on our dedicated Steam Tracker page.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Quoting: sddtQuoting: Bogomipsit took me a week to rebuild my library downloading more than 200 GB of data with my poor bandwidth…
That's rough, no fibre available where you are?
We may not be able to buy the Steam Deck here but at least the vast majority of the country has gigabit fibre available.
Well, the worst part is that the optical junction box is 1 meter away from the pavement in front of the house but the "pipe" leading to the house is crushed somewhere and was not well build 40 years ago so everything is cast in concrete.
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Quoting: BogomipsWell, the worst part is that the optical junction box is 1 meter away from the pavement in front of the house but the "pipe" leading to the house is crushed somewhere and was not well build 40 years ago so everything is cast in concrete.
Common problem, easy solution. Cut a narrow trench in the footpath, fill it in after installation. :)
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Quoting: sddtQuoting: BogomipsWell, the worst part is that the optical junction box is 1 meter away from the pavement in front of the house but the "pipe" leading to the house is crushed somewhere and was not well build 40 years ago so everything is cast in concrete.
Common problem, easy solution. Cut a narrow trench in the footpath, fill it in after installation. :)
Well, basically yes but before "cutting" 30 m in length of concrete in a non flat area and be sure that the main electrical lines are not in the way (nothing is aerial where I live) I will try to pull cables from the middle section of the line (buried 1.5 m in the ground and yes I used a professional line detection system to follow the network underground) and see if I can spare some trenches ^^.
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Quoting: MohandevirQuoting: Salvatos> you usually only get the survey on one machine.
Not in my experience. I had it on two different desktops one week apart just last spring and I've had it on my laptop as well.
Got it on my Steam Deck, my laptop and my PC, this month. I decided to distro hop on my PCs and it triggered the survey for each fresh install (wasn't a fresh install for my Steam Deck).
Lucky. I had a survey once. And I have Steam open almost every day since it was released for Linux.
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slaapliedje Jul 7, 2023
Quoting: Purple Library GuyHa, that put a smile on my face. Close to 6 years after I moved out of my old house, and 12 years after someone told me there would be fiber available there... a different company now has fiber there! Isn't that almost always the case? Seriously wish there were more competition in the ISP space...Quoting: sddtWhat does diet have to do with it?Quoting: Bogomipsit took me a week to rebuild my library downloading more than 200 GB of data with my poor bandwidth…
That's rough, no fibre available where you are?
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Quoting: slaapliedjeClose to 6 years after I moved out of my old house, and 12 years after someone told me there would be fiber available there... a different company now has fiber there! Isn't that almost always the case? Seriously wish there were more competition in the ISP space...
That's one thing some countries have managed better than others... here one company operates the infrastructure (but aren't allowed to run an ISP) and has to offer ISPs the same connection prices (set by an independent analysis of a fair return on investment). As a result, almost everyone (except for farms) has a choice of dozens of ISPs who compete on price, features, and service, but with the same underlying technology.
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slaapliedje Jul 8, 2023
Quoting: sddtDial-up used to be that way... these days the majority of people in the USA are stuck with either Comcast, AT&T, their local Telco, or Google... and most of those choices really dependent on area... comcast is just evil shit... thanks to lack of Net Neutrality...Quoting: slaapliedjeClose to 6 years after I moved out of my old house, and 12 years after someone told me there would be fiber available there... a different company now has fiber there! Isn't that almost always the case? Seriously wish there were more competition in the ISP space...
That's one thing some countries have managed better than others... here one company operates the infrastructure (but aren't allowed to run an ISP) and has to offer ISPs the same connection prices (set by an independent analysis of a fair return on investment). As a result, almost everyone (except for farms) has a choice of dozens of ISPs who compete on price, features, and service, but with the same underlying technology.
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