Blimey, another month already? That's right here's the results of our latest Linux & SteamOS user survey.
I'm now leaving out the old/jokey left in question about what type of drivers people are using on Intel, as there's only one type.
Edit: These graphs were updated after the article was posted to account for when the results are actually for. You did this in February, but the answers relate to January.
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No wonder there's so many issues with 4K monitors, hardly anyone uses them! I genuinely miss my old monitors, 1920x1080 is just simpler. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
I'm now leaving out the old/jokey left in question about what type of drivers people are using on Intel, as there's only one type.
Edit: These graphs were updated after the article was posted to account for when the results are actually for. You did this in February, but the answers relate to January.
A much better amount this time around, thanks for your help sharing it, please do share it again for next month!
No wonder there's so many issues with 4K monitors, hardly anyone uses them! I genuinely miss my old monitors, 1920x1080 is just simpler. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Hmmm interesting
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ElectricPrism Feb 25, 2016
Quoting: mr-eggQuoting: Keyrock"No wonder there's so many issues with 4K monitors, hardly anyone uses them! I genuinely miss my old monitors, 1920x1080 is just simpler."
1440p is the sweet spot for high end machines right now. .
yup, running a 1440p screen and the overall hit on the GPU wasn't the 75% more of the pixels you get.
That said, 1080p is still easier for devs sadly. Some recent games ( unity ) dont even still offer 1440p and SteamOS is firmly fixed @ 1080p for the UI & for Games at the moment.. so i wouldn't be using SteamOS @ 1440p down to scaling quality
makes me wonder if i should get a 1080p flat screen or a 4k one down to higher input lag on scaling and poor 4k UI / game support :|
I 4k downscale to 1080p @ 120hz. Of course it works great on 43". 4k below 30" is not for me. 96-110 PPI is the sweet spot.
Looking back I think a 40" might have been a better size for 4k. 1:1 scaling is important to me.
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Quoting: TheBossVery good comment, I will see what I can do. I also think the distro-hopping question really isn't needed at all for a gaming focused survey.
Things like distro, DE, which CPU etc, could maybe go on rotation? I think it's quite useful to see that a healthy chunk of people do gaming using, for instance, Fedora, when you're considering to try another distro. Similar for DE's, this survey can be a nice place to pick candidates.
Other than that, some more gaming-focussed questions could be useful, like which genre people are interested in, what kind of features they like/miss.
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I'm sure this has come up before, but I find it interesting what a huge gulf there is between the proportion of AMD users running an open source driver (more than half!) vs. the proportion of Nvidia users running an open source driver (Like 2%!)
It's always been pretty clear that on one hand, the AMD proprietary drivers suck and its open source drivers are fairly decent, and on the other hand, the Nvidia proprietary drivers are fairly decent while (largely because Nvidia are unco-operative bastards) its open source drivers suck. But I hadn't realized the contrast was quite this dramatic.
It's always been pretty clear that on one hand, the AMD proprietary drivers suck and its open source drivers are fairly decent, and on the other hand, the Nvidia proprietary drivers are fairly decent while (largely because Nvidia are unco-operative bastards) its open source drivers suck. But I hadn't realized the contrast was quite this dramatic.
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Perhaps the "Steam Machine" section could have an option regarding the Steam Link? I just got one and it's fantastic. Not just for games but also streaming Netflix/Amazon Prime/movies/desktop etc.
So I've gone from being on the fence regarding a Steam Machine to definitely not getting/building one (at the moment anyway) as the Link fulfills my needs.
So I've gone from being on the fence regarding a Steam Machine to definitely not getting/building one (at the moment anyway) as the Link fulfills my needs.
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It would be great to add questions about gamepads. I am really interested in some data about steam controllers.
- If people use gamepads on linux
- What kind of gamepad do they use (steam controller, x360, dualshock, other...)
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- If people use gamepads on linux
- What kind of gamepad do they use (steam controller, x360, dualshock, other...)
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Quoting: cprnSeriously... Where's that survey? How do I fill it?We do a front page article dedicated to telling people when it's open every month, it also has a box when it's open linking to it above the news every month when it's open just like we have the link to the results post right now.
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ZekThePenguin Mar 3, 2016
Quoting: gnaagIt would be great to add questions about gamepads. I am really interested in some data about steam controllers.
- If people use gamepads on linux
- What kind of gamepad do they use (steam controller, x360, dualshock, other...)
Fantastic idea! I did use a Logitech controller, but it wasn't very durable. Gotta admit, the X360 controller is still the best controller to be had on Linux right now. I would love to say the Steam controller is, but getting it to work on Mint seems to require some sort of voodoo that I don't possess.
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