Steam On Linux In February Still Residing Below 1%

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Steam On Linux In February Still Residing Below 1%

Valve has released their updated Steam Survey figures for February 2021...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Steam-Linux-February-2021

[tildearrow]

It appears the Simplified Chinese stats decrease when Linux increases, and vice versa...

[Tim Blokdijk]

Would be interesting to see game compatibility stats with Linux over time (via Proton or native).

[Creak]

It is not a 0.1% drop but a 0.1 points drop.

[mazumoto]

Hey, next month will be better: I just got the survey twice today, on the laptop and my desktop - both running gentoo

(disclaimer: i don't care about all the theories around that survey - it's rather irrelevant as long as valve doesn't abandon linux)

[HEL88]

No future for GNU/Linux desktop. 8 years on Steam and only 0.8%.

[HEL88]

It appears the Simplified Chinese stats decrease when Linux increases, and vice versa...

Yep, 1 350 mln nation prefers Windows than Linux despite government enforcement of Linux.

Only some IT and hobbyists likes linux.

[NateHubbard]

No future for GNU/Linux desktop. 8 years on Steam and only 0.8%.

Running steam is what defines an operating system?
What if don't really like running steam?

[mangeek]

I feel like Valve is playing the long game and hedging against Apple and Microsoft by making sure there's an ecosystem they can quickly whip a console up with. I know they tried that once before, but it's still great insurance, and it greatly benefits us all.

[Templar82]

Would be interesting to see game compatibility stats with Linux over time (via Proton or native).

There are some thing like that available at: https://www.protondb.com/stats

They are probably even less reliable than the Steam stats due to their voluntary nature and people being more likely to submit a report of something doesn't work, but you can see a downward trend of the 'borked' games.