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    7 months ago

    Very few linux installs include steam and this survey only represents a few thousand gamers. The only thing it shows is that steam users like steam os.

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      7 months ago

      Very few linux installs include steam

      Millions of sold Steam Deck units run Linux and default to Steam. It’s easily the most popular personal computing device running GNU/Linux out there.

      steam users

      So regular users, “outside of the hard-core users and tech nerds”.

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        7 months ago

        i wonder how many old thinkpads are still running linux… Honestly, it’s possible some arbitrary single model may still outnumber steam decks.

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          7 months ago

          I think you’re forgetting about AWS, GCP, Azure.

          No, I’m not. Had you read my comments correctly, you’d know that I was stating repeatedly that Ubuntu is popular for containers but that’s is a completely different topic.