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Steam survey for June 2024, Linux still above 2% (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 months ago by mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml

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[–] robocall@lemmy.world 32 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Most Linux users on Steam use Arch btw.

[–] 737@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

most desktop users

[–] theonyltruemupf@feddit.de 19 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Mostly because Arch is Arch while Ubuntu and such are divided into the different release versions.

[–] neonred@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

In the end they all are Arch, Debian, RedHat

[–] Seabyte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

But don't forget our friends at Gentoo and SUSE.

[–] neonred@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

that's true, they're also most welcome

[–] aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They split manjaro out

[–] theonyltruemupf@feddit.de 1 points 4 months ago

Yeah because it identifies itself as such. But each version on Manjaro or Arch are gonna report as Manjaro or Arch. With Ubuntu you have two releases every year that each report as a unique name.

[–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 17 points 4 months ago

If you count different versions of Ubuntu separately, then yes.

[–] BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Most as in SteamOS + Arch = 49.25%.

It's interesting how fragmented the Linux user base is in the survey. Excluding steam deck from the equation, the visible versions of Ubuntu are getting roughly 18.6%, Arch is getting like 14% of the desktop and Mint 21.3 getting 8.5%. The Flatpak version does put confusion into the data (hiding 11% of desktop versions) and the missing "other" 22.94% group accounts for 39% of the desktops so there may be lots of other version fragments hidden away, but regardless no single distro version seem to dominate.

It'd be nice to see the whole list.

[–] Aqler@discuss.online 1 points 4 months ago

It’d be nice to see the whole list.

Close enough.

[–] nestor@mastorol.es 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

@robocall @mr_MADAFAKA Steamdeck is arch based, isn't?

[–] 737@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

its a different os in the survey, real arch linux is really this popular.

[–] Tyoda@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Why isn't it listed here?

[–] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

SteamOS Holo is the Steam Deck

[–] Tyoda@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

Missed the other picture posted here. It isn't in the original post.

[–] deathmetal27@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

SteamOS 3 is Arch BTW.