Quoting: mr-victory

Quoting: amataiI am wondering which part of the increase is due to the steam deck. That require a bit of algebra but that would be interesting.

Steam Deck can be tracked accurately from its GPU, which is currently the most popular GPU among Linux users.

This sounds like some 50%, but it's at 7.56%.

... with a remarkable -0.01%, so not too accurate either, I fear.

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Quoting: TcheyI’m french from France, my Linux is in french, but my Steam is in English. Not sure how do i count in statistics ?

IIRC, you can see the data when it's sent. And there's an entry, no, two :D, under Steam=>Help=>System information:

    UI-Sprache: Deutsch (Deutsch)
    SPRACHE: de_DE.UTF-8
Don't know if (one of) these are sent.

Quoting: TcheyI also almost always play in english, as french translations are often poorly done.

I'm usually using English when there's English voice-overs but none for German.

Quoting: TcheyAlso, how can check how many french users are on Linux according to Steam ?

Linux only filter [External Link] and then language: 2% of the Linux users.

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Quoting: ValckRegarding the "market share" when all it really ought to be a survey of what hardware is out there and in use - not everyone submits their data when asked for.

I guess that goes for both Linux and non-Linux, and of course I may be completely wrong, but I think there's a slight possibility that people using Linux are generally a bit more conscious about privacy and big data, and as such might appear to make up a smaller portion of the sample than they actually are.

Maybe. On the other hand, I felt very motivated to send my data in this special case.

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Quoting: DoctorJunglistI'm curious how long would it take for us to reach 5% market share on Steam If the growth was to continue at the current pace.

Linear growth like the last two months would be over 6 years for a goal of 5%. But as Valve reported to have increased their output... :)

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Quoting: ValckAnother part of the equation may be that usually software comes with a complete and fairly decent English localization, if it wasn't translated from there to begin with.

Is that true, though? I remember Debian making an effort to translate its texts into proper English, as large parts had been written by non-native speakers... Opinions from native speakers on this?

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Quoting: namiko

Quoting: Mountain ManIn other words, you are opposed to freedom of speech because you wish to place arbitrary limits on what others are allowed to say.

Think the hypocrisy is a good point, though. There are people saying that you enable freedom through limitations on many different sides, but that's not really the case, it's all authoritarian in nature and overreaching.

Well, obviously, disallowing murder protects my freedom to live (and all other ones, as I couldn't use any when being dead). Enabling freedom through limitations is very, very broadly agreed upon. So the question usually is not if we want to limit peoples' freedom to protect other peoples' freedom, but just to what extend.

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Quoting: namiko

Quoting: EikeAs purple, I don't agree with you (there's other important harm), but it's at least a consistent standpoint.
Just the other day I saw someone thinking they would be defending freedom by forbidding gender aware speech by law.

Are they in a position to make their wishes happen on a governmental level or not? A lot of inflammatory words from people in general can be safely ignored unless this person has the power to implement change you're against.

Ah, it wasn't meant as an example for harmful, it was meant as an example for an inconsistent "conservative" standpoint.

Quoting: namikoThat's why I was suggesting actively trying to make changes to laws in the first place. If it's disturbing you, DO something about it instead of worrying that people say or believe things antithetical to your beliefs, since those people will always exist. It's turning something you can't do anything about into something you could possibly change for the better.

I'm fine with the laws we've got in Germany, disallowing e.g. insults. (It's just hard to actually enforce it in antisocial media.)

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: Lightkey

Quoting: ZeloxWill be interesting to see if we can fight with Mac by the end of next year ☺️

Funny you should mention that, I had just calculated the macOS user share for English users for comparison and it's 3.35% versus the 2.97% for Linux.

Which makes me wonder . . . I knew the Chinese essentially didn't use Linux, like, at all. For desktops/gaming, anyway. But what about all the other non-English speakers? For the overall percentage to be less than half the English-speaking percentage, no-Linux has to be very common out there. Why is Linux so terrible at penetrating beyond the English speaking (gaming) world?

Some people here said they are using Linux not in their native language, but in English. So 3.35% versus the 2.97% might be off. (I'm using Linux in German, though.)

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Quoting: namiko

Quoting: Purple Library Guy... it's generally obvious the modern conservative conception of free speech involves nobody else being able to have it.

I don't care what you choose to say or where you choose to do so, you should be allowed to say it without any arbitrary limitations. So long as that speech doesn't cause physical harm to someone else, it should be permitted.

As purple, I don't agree with you (there's other important harm), but it's at least a consistent standpoint.
Just the other day I saw someone thinking they would be defending freedom by forbidding gender aware speech by law.

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Quoting: namiko

Quoting: TheSHEEEPAt least for sequels/DLC I don't see why that would be so bad.

Binding of Isaac: Repentance anyone? (know that's a Linux-only case, but it was still a dick move)

What happened?

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