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Steam's Linux Marketshare For January Was 0.8%
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Last edited by torsionbar28; 02 February 2017, 03:54 PM.
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Originally posted by Staffan View PostIf only they integrated Wine with Steam so you could launch Windows games on Linux with Steam. Most of my library is Windows-only so all I contribute with is Windows statistics despite being a Linux user in other respects.
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Originally posted by L_A_G View PostI'm pretty sure people won't switch to Linux because of a game sale and I don't think those receiving/buying new components will be switching to Linux because of those new parts either. When you switch from one OS to another the most important aspects are going to be that your current software and hardware works with the new OS. The only exception to this are people who switch to OSX, but they have to get a whole new machine to do so.
It would definitely be interesting to see some absolute numbers as the PC gaming market has as been growing as a whole over the last couple of years and the absolute numbers would show if Linux has stayed stale or if it just hasn't been able to keep up with the growth under Windows.
Remember, most gamers don't have any specific love for Microsoft - they just want whatever hardware and OS combination will let them play the latest games at the best performance. If Linux cannot play the games they want, it's not even an option. Valve has made *YUGE* strides in getting games on Linux, including some AAA titles, but the serious gamers want "all" they don't want "some" so we still have a ways to go before many will make the switch.Last edited by torsionbar28; 02 February 2017, 05:42 PM.
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Most the time, if someone acknowledges Linux exists for gaming, they load up a Linux distro to try their game on it to see if it gives better performance, but instead get half the performance, quickly jump back into Windows. For NVIDIA cards this generally isn't much of a issue, you get reasonably close performance in most cases, but for AMD, its literal minefield still (a slightly less deadlier one but still a minefield of performance/compatibility issues).
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Originally posted by edgar444 View PostWell, Windows XP was the greatest horse they ever made, i mean last time I ran it, it had 1~2% CPU utilization. Now if you want that you have to run Linux with some basic WM.
I am using Lubuntu for this reason. But still too heavy for me and considering to switch to Debian Stretch with LXDE and run all applications in various VM for protecting each environment clean.
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Originally posted by gemiller View PostThe reason why Steam's Linux numbers are so bad is bacause their Linux support is awful. I, and others I know, have tried for years to get their junky Linux support to work.
My Lubuntu used to add awful symlink to make it works, and now someone offered PPA should works better.
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Originally posted by edgar444 View PostWell, Windows XP was the greatest horse they ever made, i mean last time I ran it, it had 1~2% CPU utilization. Now if you want that you have to run Linux with some basic WM.
Top notch GPUs at that time had unbelieveble up to 64 MB of DDR1 VRAM while gaming mainstream had 8/16 MB and those lucky even 32 MB of SDR ... while majority of games were still at 16bit depth
Windows XP only invented photo wallpaper by default and more colorful themes over 95/98/Me/2000...Last edited by dungeon; 03 February 2017, 04:17 AM.
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Originally posted by torsionbar28 View PostIt's not about convincing anyone to switch OS. It's about having choice, so folks aren't forced to use a single OS. Remember how much everyone complained about Windows 10 and it's horrible UI? Contrary to popular believe, gamers don't love Microsoft. Steam Machines running Linux and gaming peecee's preloaded with Linux become a lot more attractive when they can run the latest AAA titles.
The reality is that most consumers are very wary when it comes to big changes like going from one OS to another. The only company that has been genuinely successful at it over the last few years has been Apple and they've mostly done it trough marketing, which Linux sorely lacks. It doesn't really matter if Microsoft is alienating it's own customers when you don't have a way to tell these people about the alternatives en masse.
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