Some more good news for you as according to statistics website Statcounter, Linux use hit another all-time high in July 2024. We've seen it slowly creep up over time, just like we've seen on the Steam Survey as well.
For July 2024, they're showing Linux at 4.45% which is the highest they've ever had it.
Here's how things have looked over the last year:
- July 23 - 3.12%
- August 23 - 3.18%
- September 23 - 3.02%
- October 23 - 2.92%
- November 23 - 3.22%
- December 23 - 3.82%
- January 24 - 3.77%
- February 24 - 4.03%
- March 24 - 4.05%
- April - 3.88%
- May - 3.77%
- June - 4.05%
- July - 4.45%
Since 2009:
See more on Statcounter.
Is this where we truly get to say it's the year of Linux on the desktop? Not quite. It's only one measurement, and it comes with the usual pinch of salt based on how they pull their data which they say is from "more than 1.5 million sites globally". Still, it's an interesting way to track it and it's still great news.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Caldathras Aug 2
Quoting: CatKillerPeople that are interested in computers also have no real trouble with Linux.
This would be me. After MS drove me to Linux when I had to replace a failed HDD, I have positively enjoyed learning from the new experiences and challenges that Linux has brought me. I am kind of glad that their backup tool failed on the drive swap.
Last edited by Caldathras on 2 August 2024 at 5:36 pm UTC
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Quoting: pleasereadthemanualYour entire comment is 100% right. And after thinking about it some more, I think presenting the middle group with the option of Linux, while being essentially the only group any of us have the chance to affect, is mostly a waste of time on both sides. They want Windows, and Linux is never going to be Windows. But there's something to be said for the middle group pushing their way through to being part of the second group—which I was definitely a part of. I knew very little about computers before I installed Linux, but I was pretty familiar with Windows. Now I feel like I know a few things about computers.The Deck does a number of things to help the casual user and the Windows Power User. It gives the reason that you've highlighted by being a desirable gaming handheld (which, notably, the Steam Machines lacked).
I would certainly never have tried Linux had I not been presented with the option. But I was never desperate to leave Windows, so I wasn't as concerned with feature parity. I was just curious. And very familiar with feeling stupid, anyway
We can try to make things more familiar and easier to transition to (and we should!), but in the end I feel like the only thing we can give the middle group is a reason. A reason to give Linux a try. Nothing more than that; the rest is up to them. And no hard feelings either way...it's your computer, after all. And for everyone else, it's up to the corporates, schools, and governments as you say. Completely out of our hands.
The casual users are already sorted at this point: they've bought a machine with Linux on, and it's great.
The Windows Power Users can't really break it by Windowsisms because the filesystem is read-only. Windowsisms just fail, but don't break anything. Going back to Windows is removed as an option: it's explicitly going to Windows because the machine comes with Linux, and by all accounts the Windows experience after you've put in the effort is a lot worse than the Linux experience was. It forces them to slow down and do things the Linux way. Then, should they have enjoyed the experience of using Linux & want to try it on a different machine, they'll have already started the process of having not-Windows knowledge - they'll have already got over the "everything that's different from Windows is incorrect" mindset.
It also does a lot to correct perception issues. This is clearly not a "Linux is for contrary weirdos" situation: it's a mainstream device from a company that they've likely already heard of, and likely already have an extensive relationship with. Linux is the normal, standard, default option, and the people that either install Windows on the Deck or get one of the Windows handhelds from the smaller players are the contrary weirdos.
And, as far as we can tell, it's continuing to be very successful: the Linux Steam number is still going up and the Deck is still the number 1 top seller on Steam.
Last edited by CatKiller on 3 August 2024 at 11:30 am UTC
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Quoting: pbKinda looks like it's gaining momentum...Don't you mean gaming momentum... (Sry)
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Quoting: RederyQuoting: pbKinda looks like it's gaining momentum...Don't you mean gaming momentum... (Sry)
Go home, autocorrect, you're drunk.
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linux needs actual real native games and more people will come. emulation isnt ideal.
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Kimyrielle Aug 7
Quoting: Lib-Instlinux needs actual real native games and more people will come. emulation isnt ideal.
That ship has sailed years ago.
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Quoting: Lib-Instlinux needs actual real native games and more people will come. emulation isnt ideal.That has quite literally nothing to do with it. The average gamer doesn't give a single crap about the game being native or not. Why should they? If they click play and it runs, that's all people really need. This argument has been done to death by now.
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