He, that's funny... I clicked on the link to Steam, and Steam though I'd be in my recommendation list and showed a link to the next entry. :D

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Quoting: CatKillerThat's not a bad approach. I've filled in the gaps for you.

Cool!

Where did you get the missing Steam Deck percentages? Internet Archive didn't yield data for many months...

I guess you added the trend lines manually?

Quoting: CatKiller(I'd previously discussed with Liam dropping the definitely-bad 03/23 from the tracker and he was insistent that the data we get is the data we get, so I've got the dips you removed in for consistency with the tracker data - same as I've done with the Linux/Mac graph previously)

I wasn't sure about that either. On the one hand, it looks like bad data, and we know there's problems with the data, on the other hand, leaving something out feels like cheating. *shrug*

Quoting: CatKillerNote that because this is a record of proportions, if the trend for desktop Linux were completely flat (it's not - it has a positive gradient) it wouldn't mean that desktop Linux usage wasn't growing, only that it's growing at the same rate as Steam as a whole. Since the trend is slightly positive, it means that desktop Linux usage is growing slightly faster than Steam as a whole.

I'd say, percentage-wise nothing has happened for over two years, but as you're pointing out, Steam is probably growing, so yes, desktop Linux usage is at least growing along. Good point.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyI really wonder what's going on. As far as I know there hasn't been some major manufacturer suddenly marketing a big line of Linux computers, or anything. And as Tuxee said, I don't think it's the Steam Deck because I doubt most people browse the web with their deck.

I don't know how large this group is, but software development is moving towards Linux. I'm in a conservative company in a conservative corner, and even here we got people having got rid of Windows.

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Last month, I've been engaged in an argument about how to properly show what's happening in regards of Linux adoption, and I want to present a different view on it that IMHO gives a better feeling for what is happening (and what is not happening).

I have been using the HoloOS percentage of the Linux-filtered results to calculate Steam Desk adoption. (*) I removed three spikes from the overall Linux values (you can see them in the article above), and I didn't have full information about the Linux only results, as "Internet Archive" doesn't have them all.

But here you go...



(*) The GPU might have been even more precise, but the difference is very little (second digit after comma when regarding only Linux values, so it's something like 22.77% vs 22.75%), and unfortunately, the GPU seem to have been renamed in the results at least twice.

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Does anybody have detailed Steam survey data stored somewhere? I wanted to look into the percentages when filtering by Linux only, and the Internet Archive's data is sparse [External Link] on this one...

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Quoting: scaineBut "Coming Soon" are a bit of a pain when "Soon" turns into literal years. Remember The Last Night?? I only removed that from my wishlist late last year! 6 years! Even the copy-cat game Replaced [External Link] is still "Coming soon" after 3 years. What a mess.

I'm not sure the change to disallow free text really gave us more information. (And we sure lost some chuckles.)

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Quoting: michaThe trend looks very promising..😁

Though I'm not sure how much I trust that source. E.g. does anyone have a good reason why a huge chunk moved from macosx to windows since end of last year?

Because Mac sucks?

SCNR :D

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Quoting: torstenchrIs this due to the launch of the steam deck?

It was launched in Febr. 22 (according to google) and in the last two years it's grown from 2% - 4%. Except the trend was slowing going up before that... so maybe it explains some of the growth but not all.

Steam Deck might be a percent of the machines running Steam - but by far not among PCs overall.
(And most people using Steam Deck might not even touch the browser of the device.)

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Quoting: pleasereadthemanualLate, but I'm uh, quite a bit younger than that. Which is why I find it interesting to ask users like Purple Library Guy about history, because I wasn't there for most of it.

Glad to hear that, I got the impression that Linux desktop is nearly exclusive to us old far...

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Quoting: 14Oh well. People and software will never be perfect.

... but it's easier to improve software! ;)

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