Quoting: michaThe trend looks very promising..😁

Though I'm not sure how much I trust that source. E.g. does anyone have a good reason why a huge chunk moved from macosx to windows since end of last year?

Because Mac sucks?

SCNR :D

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Quoting: torstenchrIs this due to the launch of the steam deck?

It was launched in Febr. 22 (according to google) and in the last two years it's grown from 2% - 4%. Except the trend was slowing going up before that... so maybe it explains some of the growth but not all.

Steam Deck might be a percent of the machines running Steam - but by far not among PCs overall.
(And most people using Steam Deck might not even touch the browser of the device.)

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Quoting: pleasereadthemanualLate, but I'm uh, quite a bit younger than that. Which is why I find it interesting to ask users like Purple Library Guy about history, because I wasn't there for most of it.

Glad to hear that, I got the impression that Linux desktop is nearly exclusive to us old far...

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Quoting: 14Oh well. People and software will never be perfect.

... but it's easier to improve software! ;)

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They're saying developers can use the Steam integrated rating process - so I guess it's not too much of a hazzle for developers? Any developer here that could comment on that process?

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Quoting: TactikalKittyEveryone has their knickers in a twist but in reality, Proprietary is the logical and correct term to use in this case. The engine is close sourced. That doesn't matter and shouldn't matter.

Sounds like you totally missed what the word was used for in this case.

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Quoting: PenglingI just wanted to post a quick follow-up to this: Thanks so much, thelimeydragon! I had a chance to look around, and they are indeed found in Lidl, of all places!

Cool! I made a photo in the local supermarket to brag to you, but I guess that won't work anymore now. :D

The Steam cards were strewn on the floor of the sales display though, while the others were nicely hung at their place, so I guess Steam is considered second class.

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Quoting: mitridasSounds like I need to do some serious Wayland testing myself... thanks for letting me know.
Btw, if you press backspace in game you'll get a live perf graph - it should tell you whether the slowdown comes from the rendering (most likely) or something else.

Of course it's always good to support many different systems, but as a resort, you could narrow down your system requirements.

That's fine if forward looking (like, I don't support old drivers, x11, old glibc etc). Not a good idea if the requirements are that you can't use new stuff! That makes the game obsolete in no time.

Even of the GoL readers, two thirds are using X11:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/users/statistics/#SessionType-top

So in my humble opinion, X11 is not the old, but the current system.

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Quoting: mitridasSounds like I need to do some serious Wayland testing myself... thanks for letting me know.
Btw, if you press backspace in game you'll get a live perf graph - it should tell you whether the slowdown comes from the rendering (most likely) or something else.

Of course it's always good to support many different systems, but as a resort, you could narrow down your system requirements.

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I feel, I could get no satisfaction, at least from the first things to build. I never wondered "Will I be able to make this?!?", but only "How long will it take to make this?", which is... not interesting?

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