Fantastic news, especially considering that the Steam Deck hasn't even shipped yet, and we will likely see the biggest increases when it does. Valve will be shipping Decks at a rate roughly equal to whatever their manufacturing capacity is, in an effort to work through the backlog of reservations for at least 6 months. Once we hit December, can probably expect to see the number going up every month for at least those 6 months..

We're now well above trend and had 3 months in a row with increases, gut instinct tells me surely we'll see at least one month where the number will go down, even if it's just due to noise in the statistics gathering method.

But the trend is clear, things are looking up for Linux, happy days.

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Oh nice! That's awesome!
Considering 1% is well above 'trend', to be staying above that mark is really awesome!

1.02% of 120 million monthly active gamers.
That's 1,224,000 penguins. Hardly "no one".

And the number is highly likely to rise even higher once the Steam Deck starts shipping.
I really think 2% is within reach next year at this rate.

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Quoting: elmapulvalve was quite smarth in only mentioning "it can play steam games" this time.
if everyone purchased with this goal, people would be less likely to install windows on it.

The news and announcements before were really for the hardcore users. Someone watching Linus Tech Tips to find out about the Deck IS going to ask 'can I put Windows on it?', whereas the kinda person watching an ad on TV? They only need to hear, "Buy this, play your Steam games on it". Totally different demographics, so I get why Valve went with different messaging this time.

Good sign at least, that Valve have thought through the marketing on this device. Because I really want it to be a success.

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Quoting: gradyvuckovicNot to mention that it works far better as a marketing strategy to precede a new and totally unknown thing with a real-time showcase of how good it is compared to the existing solutions, instead of trying to convince people to trust you and change their habits based only on the potential that this new unknown thing will turn out to be good.

I can't count* the times I've had people asking me to switch them to Linux after watching me working on my PC and liking what they saw, compared to the times I was successful in convincing someone to switch to Linux because "it's better, you'll see".

(*OK, actually I can count the times because they're really not that many, but hopefully you get my drift :P)

Totally agree!

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It doesn't mention SteamOS, Proton or anything Linux related but simply mentions it runs a "new version of Steam" and ends by telling people to reserve now.

That is probably the right amount of information for the general public. They don't care how games run, they only care if they do.

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Quoting: KeyrockI wish the tool did more than just solid colors. I'm a big fan of woodgrain, I would do a dark woodgrain skin.

Super tempting to add some custom image support.

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I don't know but, Frog Deck may be the winner.. That's pretty froggy awesome.

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Hope everyone has fun with it!

Personally I want a glossy red! [External Link]

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Quoting: GuestIt'll soon be possible to independently create console-targeting games (PS4/PS5/Xbox/Switch) using Linux. Far as I'm aware, that's not been possible before without porting houses.

...and with Unity [External Link] steadily improving their support, and The Linux Foundation's recent announcement of the Crytek and Lumberyard-derived O3DE [External Link] too - gamedev on Linux has a very bright future.

And with the Steam Deck, you could even develop handheld games on a handheld gaming device! With Linux!

It might not be 'Year of Linux Desktop' but it's starting to feel like 'Year of Linux Gaming'.

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Quoting: PhiladelphusPrinters are the bane of computer users everywhere, no matter what OS you use.

Nonsense, printers are so easy! [External Link] Also, PC LOAD LETTER.

(Is there a way to actually embed a video in post?)

*Dr Manhattan "I've walked across the surface of the sun" voice*

I've built my own PCs from scratch, created C++ libraries, assembled production web servers still in operation today for companies, written real time OpenGL renderers, mastered dozens of complex design applications when most would lucky to master even one..

... *looks at a threateningly jammed printer I've been asked to fix in front of coworkers* ..

I felt fear. For the last time.

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