Quoting: fagnerlnTo be the best distro for gaming, it should have support to the major "gaming tools" available, I installed Kubuntu 24.04 on my laptop and had issues trying to compile gamescope, I gave up.

But it's a decent choice for everyday usage, I'm not fan of KDE but the implementation on Kubuntu is solid, Snaps works fine (I almost forgot that Firefox was as Snap, as it worked seemly), and you can install the "non-snap" Steam easily.

Again, normal users are not going to manually look to install and run gamescope. People that reply to these types of articles keep thinking like their power-user stuff applies to everyone. Most people wouldn't have even heard of gamescope.

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Quoting: PyrateMan, this is a ridiculously good deal. I should look into if I can get away with a free trial and cop all these goodies on the way out.

Honestly yeah, Prime Gaming is a fantastic deal since all the games you redeem to keep. Even if you do it for a single month, it's ridiculously good value.

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Quoting: sudoerSnaps and flatpaks on the same system? What kind of suggestion is this, to make the ultimate bloat system and to confuse the normal user? Just stick with what the distro offers you by default, in this case snaps.

It's transparent to the end user once the system is installed. You add extra apps all the same way via Discover. This "bloat" is not something normies care about, only pedantic people who like to watch a few extra MBs get used up. The reality is: only a few people really care.

Quoting: gabberI dont't get the recommendation. Sure Kubuntu is nice and stable but for gamers it's lagging behind fast. Gamers which more often then not spend good money on their HW.

Quoting: legluondunetTo my point of view Debian, Ubuntu and all Debian-like distributions could not be adviced for gaming.
For gaming on Linux in good conditions, you need recent libraries and apps.

To you both - again, same as above, to normal users it simply doesn't matter. Unless you have brand new day-1 hardware (which is often problematic even on rolling distros) it will all work about the same.

Keep in mind I game every day, and run GamingOnLinux from Kubuntu. It's absolutely fine for the average user this type of article is aimed it.

I of course fully expected lots of differing opinions, it's why comments are open! But too many of you think like a tech-head and not like a normie :)

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Quoting: StellaSo, do I need to buy a new GPU for Vulkan 1.4 support?

Not unless it’s really really old.

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Quoting: PyrateStill can't believe there's no proper privacy friendly alternative to Discord. Matrix/Element is the closest I found but even that one is not there yet.

Every time I tried Matrix, I found it to be pretty horribly designed. Their mod tools were rubbish, and their multi-room system was ridiculously bad that just strung multiple standalone rooms under a special heading and that was seemingly all it really did. Discord at least generally works well at its job.

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Quoting: Liam DaweUpdate: upgraded the chart to show a coloured data point for events, added Steam Deck OLED release label, added vertical lines to specific events.

The Steam Tracker page for the top Linux chart also now shows data point labels on hovering anywhere on the chart. It even works on mobile finger taps.

Additional update:

- Added a link to toggle the event labels!

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Update: upgraded the chart to show a coloured data point for events, added Steam Deck OLED release label, added vertical lines to specific events.

The Steam Tracker page for the top Linux chart also now shows data point labels on hovering anywhere on the chart. It even works on mobile finger taps.

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Quoting: Highball

Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: kokoko3k

Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: kokoko3kThe title led me to expect a rise in SteamOS Holo usage.
However, the data shows a -0.28% decrease.
Is this a mistake or am I interpreting it incorrectly?

It is correct. The point of the title is that the Steam Deck is what's still pushing the Linux number up.

While "SteamOS Holo 64bit" is the first OS on the Steam chart, we should not forget that the other 63%+ of the Linux Steam usage polled by comes from other distros.

Writing this because I think they deserve a mention too ;)

They are mentioned clearly in the article in the list. Don’t really get what you’re trying to say here. A title only tells so much, and focused on what is actually pushing the number.

I think he means, Steam Deck added a huge chunk. But pure desktop is growing as well. There was a point that Steam Deck was almost 50% of the Linux percentage. Steam Deck hasn't stopped selling well. I figure, with the continued growth and success of the Steam Deck, it's percentage declining means that more and more people are installing Linux to their gaming machines. I definitely haven't seen any trends of people switching from SteamOS on their Steam Deck.

Sure. I can understand that. My reply would be the same though, it's still the Steam Deck that has massively pushed the number up. So the title focused on that, and everything else is in the article list. TBH it feels like pedantic nit-picking at the title from kokoko3k. So I won't be entertaining comments on it further, I have much better things to do like upgrading the chart... :)

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Quoting: kokoko3k

Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: kokoko3kThe title led me to expect a rise in SteamOS Holo usage.
However, the data shows a -0.28% decrease.
Is this a mistake or am I interpreting it incorrectly?

It is correct. The point of the title is that the Steam Deck is what's still pushing the Linux number up.

While "SteamOS Holo 64bit" is the first OS on the Steam chart, we should not forget that the other 63%+ of the Linux Steam usage polled by comes from other distros.

Writing this because I think they deserve a mention too ;)

They are mentioned clearly in the article in the list. Don’t really get what you’re trying to say here. A title only tells so much, and focused on what is actually pushing the number.

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Quoting: kokoko3kThe title led me to expect a rise in SteamOS Holo usage.
However, the data shows a -0.28% decrease.
Is this a mistake or am I interpreting it incorrectly?

It is correct. The point of the title is that the Steam Deck is what's still pushing the Linux number up.

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