Quoting: PlayingOnLinuxphoneThere is no real exponential trend. I did the math some hours ago and there was a linear trend before Steam Deck release, than an accelerated trend between Steam Deck Release and Win10 EOL and a 5.5 times increase after Win10 EOL. Steam Deck OLED did not change the linear trend. November and December 2025 had exactly the same 5.5 times increase as the whole 2026 until April. January and February were Chinese New Year, March somehow bad data, so these should be ignored.

If it would be a real exponential curve, March data would be real and April even above that. So it would be better to use 3 linear lines, clamped between those relevant dates.

PS: If it is linear we will see on Windows 10 extended support end of life. It should be around 6%. It should be far above 6% if it is exponential.

Perhaps, you are correct, you certainly seem to have a point. Not bad news anyways, as the current linear trend still looks insanely optimistic, comparing to GoL trend line.
Regardless of exact growth pattern, there are two things I care.
1. Does it grow at all? Yes it does, good.
2. Does it grow faster than before? Looks like it does.

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Quoting: mattaraxiaIt's really wild. 10% by ~2030 seems just about inevitable now.

Even as someone who's used Linux for literally decades now, I'd have never thought this would be such a thing.

10% by 2027

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"Easy to remove" is not opt-in, it is opt-out. Thankfully, the opt-in part is still true, as installing Ubuntu is still an opt-in choice.

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how about targeting actual extremists in actual places where extremists dwell

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Quoting: M@GOidPersonally I'm happy there are studios still focused in creating single player FPS games, specially AAA ones that cost a lot of money to make it happen.

Not that those had disappeared, but I'm under the impression we only get one per year, while there is a sea of multiplayer FPSs, with more appearing each month.

there is a lot of old games, mods and map packs for old games.

take a look at Arcane Dimensions, a map pack for Quake 1. It looks great and has peak level design. It is free and will offer you up to 50 hours of gameplay. Maybe just install some weapon reskin pack on top of it, because quake 1 weapons don't look good.

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In the context of gaming, I think Linux matured enough, so you don't desperately need all the latest goodies as soon as possible anymore. Although I personally prefer a rolling distribution, I don't see leap distros as outdated on arrival anymore (I mean only for gaming). So slower releases are fine.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuySo if they're not selling the game at all, is it still piracy or should it properly be called "game preservation" instead?

legally it is still piracy in most of countries

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Quoting: Axel Ekholm Cool i guess but i still don't get why you should care about achievements. I care about having fun playing a game, not having achievement.

When you play a game for long enough and look for something to do, achievements can be considered as side quests. Achievements for different endings or story choices can motivate you to play a game differently. There are bad achievements, like "kill 50000 wolves", but overall it can be a good tool for powering up replayability.

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To me it is more exciting to see other source mods ported to Strata Source, especially ones that hit 32 bit limits of the original engine.

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I am looking at hwsurvey stats again, and considering MacOS also got its share almost doubled, it is not error in counting linux share, but most likely the surveyed set of machines just happend to have lower share of windows.

I don't understand why Valve picks random users for survey, instead of gathering data from every pc connected to Steam automatically. Random sampling is representative only if a set of samples is homogenic, but as we can see, it is not. China has high Windows share, for some reasons. Is there any legal issue with automatic data gathering?

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