I am glad you brought zoom platform up liam, I was actually going to let you know if you can make an article on them eventually too. Linux fans should support zoom platform since they are drm free and most importantly support linux way more than gog. You can even request different versions of games and they will listen. I strongly suggest linux users that like drm free to support them. Right now their selection might be small but they will be getting a lot more linux native games already confirmed by zoom platform.

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I would like more native linux versions, preferably on itch.io.

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Quoting: CatKiller

Quoting: utxWhat is the current Linux marketshare? 2.5 i think?

At the end of November, Linux hit 1.44% on Steam against 2.45% on macOS and 96.11% on Windows.

Although it's 3.5% of the English-speaking Steam user base.

sorry i meant linux in general and not steam only.

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Quoting: CatKiller

Quoting: Purple Library GuyAn interesting figure in itself. So like, Linux is at 1.44%. And Steam Decks, almost entirely running Linux, are 0.37% (and climbing). So that means Linux without Steam Deck is 1.07%, and the Steam Deck represents just over a quarter of total Linux use on Steam.

(Note that this is a bounce-back month - the figures last month showed teeny tiny growth despite China's Windows usage being heavily weighted in the stats. The trends are indicative, but the specific numbers for growth this month are probably a little high)

SteamOS grew 0.05 percentage points this month, but Linux as a whole grew 0.16 percentage points. That's 0.11 percentage points of growth of Linux, excluding the direct contribution of people being shipped Steam Decks. Obviously a big part of that is having the enhanced visibility and attention that comes with having the Deck as a popular halo device, but it's obviously much healthier for us to not have our growth only directly from a single device. Hopefully the growth of Linux will continue to outpace the shipments of the Deck as more and more people get the opportunity to say, "wow, I had no idea Linux was this good."

What is the current Linux marketshare? 2.5 i think?

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Isn't counting the steam deck kind of cheating since its the hardware and not users using the desktop mode of it?

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