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I actually took part in this survey (Nobara Linux) most likely the first one in several years.
Besides the small drop, one interesting fact relating to linux on desktop.. i noticed over at globalstats, that from the period of december 2025 to january 2026 linux the marketshare of linux desktop rose from 3.86 to 4.01 percent worldwide.
So even with this drop i think linux as a whole is moving forward as a viable OS.

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Lol, Mosin rifle...
I wonder how many real ones does Finland still have?

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No crafting from looks at the demo, which i just got. No "crafting" buttons.
No unique RPG like skills or anything. But looks like game will be based around customization of weapon/character items/attachments. I hope single player will be good. Cause for multi player i got arc raiders.

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Alan Wake, Quantum Break, Control (until it got the best of my patience)... See the patern? 😊

Now I'm playing Moonlighter... Nice casual game to kill some time.

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looks really interesting, and I say it as russian(sort of), who lived next to finland :D
Finns dont do much cool, but when they do, its REALLY cool. Perkelle Poikka!
I am really curious about gameplay. graphics already have me.
I hope there is some good crafting there.

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This is why I RSS subscribe to gmaingonlinux. Thanks Liam, my amazement, seeing this game. I had no idea it existed. Wishlisted immediately!

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Didn't they readjust the numbers a few days later, last month?

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Nice.
I really liked the very "out there" storyline of the first one.

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GOG has made another [youtube video](https://youtu.be/qKgGB-P4fk8) e-begging for patrons and the thumbnail reeks of AI as well, here's a [direct link](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qKgGB-P4fk8/maxresdefault.jpg) to the image as it is now. Maybe it'll change as there's already comments talking about it, I have saved it locally just in case.

I hate that I can't be sure but the style on it ain't looking great and they've already shown their hand with this, very disappointing that I have to cast doubt even more than before.

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Quoting: TheSHEEEPThat flow of +Chinese -Linux is fairly normal by now.
I wonder what is it that makes Chinese rise and ebb so sporadically - you'd think it would be a more or less constant chunk.

It was rumoured to be the difficulty of how to count internet/gaming cafes.

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I've been playing DOOM (via uzdoom) recently. This is still a very refreshing game.

Only addon I'm using is voxeldoom (As mentioned on this very site).
Graphics: Classic setting 320x200 with 4x3 aspect ratio.

However control is a bit more modern via trackball and keyboard.

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Hmmmm no multiplayer? Such a shame

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That flow of +Chinese -Linux is fairly normal by now.
I wonder what is it that makes Chinese rise and ebb so sporadically - you'd think it would be a more or less constant chunk.

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Just a reminder that [Luxtorpeda](https://github.com/luxtorpeda-dev/luxtorpeda) makes it super straightforward to use ScummVM (and DOSBox, and various engine reimplementations) with Steam games.

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Quoting: Tethys84Theres going to be a massive flood of hardware being dumped onto the 2nd hand market when the bubble bursts and the companies are liquidating.

...or will hold hardware for decade till obsolescence, dump/shred/brake so only for electronics waste/recycling...

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When I moved to the UK I only had a tiny notebook with me, which I couldn't upgrade for some years, with Linux on it. Back then, there weren't many games on Linux, and much less that my laptop could run. ScummVM was my saviour, allowing me to play all the great LucasArts classics again. And for that, I'm super grateful.

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Quoting: Arehandoro

Quoting: suchHardware will be the least of our concerns when this bubble bursts.

As long as I can get shelled roasted sunflower seeds to sit on a bench and look at rich people jump from big buildings, I'll be alright.

I'm afraid it's not the rich who will be jumping at that stage.

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I think FF8R is the one version not to get out of the two - it looks atrocious, and it still has the same technical limitations the previous version had.

So, I maintain that if we're talking compromise (given we're discussing the PC ports, and modern FF8 ports in general) the emulated PSX version is the single best, easiest to obtain, set up and engage with... compromise. Popular games as well, so you can snag those discs easy off ebay. No Pocketstation support in software emulation AFAIK, but that's truly nothing to write home about - I own a couple, I know - and statistically not something someone interested in getting into FF8 in 2026 would be into, certainly not over the rest of the game not being... a sub-par, unresponsive experience relative to the smoothness you get on the PSX, emulated or otherwise.

Now, if we're not talking compromise there's the original hardware route or FPGA, which has the benefit of not requiring a scaler for HDMI output. Pocketstation support included.

I can't for the life of me decipher what you meant by the reading Japanese snarkiness, though :)

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Heart of China... I have it on my must-play list since forever (ok, since 1991). Has the time finally come? It's on GOG, too.

Gigeresque Dark Seed is also something I've been meaning to play one day, but I don't see it on sale anywhere...

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This project keeps on giving, I simply love it. Big thank you to all the contributors and maintainers.

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Love me some Valheim although I feel I pretty much unlocked everything there is in this game after spending couple hundred hours in it 😋

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The situation is temporary?
In what way? AFAIK, the new fabs are all just going to churn out more high-bandwidth memory that's too expensive for consumers (and inherently so, because it replaces PCB elements with semiconductors; it won't become economical when the AI bidding/hoarding wars end).
DDR4 production is ending, DDR5 production is limited, apparently Micron will be "helping consumers" by supplying companies that make finished computers instead of making RAM consumers can actually buy...trickle-down RAM.

The future price of RAM is based on the price of unwanted Copilot Plus PCs people can harvest for memory.
That's an exaggeration, but I can't tell by how much...

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Will the name be Powershell Moto and Zsh Moto in Windows and macOS?

Edit: Yes, I know one can have Powershell and Zsh on Linux, and the other way around for Bash. Just let me do a crappy joke, will ya? 😝

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I was never a TF2 person but it is amazing that community did something like this!

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Quoting: suchHardware will be the least of our concerns when this bubble bursts.

As long as I can get shelled roasted sunflower seeds to sit on a bench and look at rich people jump from big buildings, I'll be alright.

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Quoting: Eike

Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie) 64 bit 1.74% +0.02%

That was me, yesterday. ;)

Me too but on Debian Sid! ☺️

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Hardware will be the least of our concerns when this bubble bursts.

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Godot Tarkov was not on my 2026 Bingo Card!

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I use Flatpak on the Arch-based EndeavourOS, so I don't have to install the 32bit libraries.
I wish Steam would release a 64bit launcher for Linux. 😫

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You should start to use whole years for reference. Monthly noise means nothing, just like in the stock market. For January 2026 Linux usage is up roughly 1.5% on the chart from January 2025. This is a much more meaningful number. You could go a bit farther and be a lot more sensationalist. Actual Linux usage is up what, 80%? In term of net users increase, the jump is much higher, with the number of users almost doubling.

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