Linux surpassed MacOS in marketshare for the first ever time this month. Let’s go! :)

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    1 year ago

    @ReverseModule Looks like the growth comes mostly from Windows (-0.56%) users switching to Linux (+0.52%). MacOS (+0.05%) users mostly seem just to upgrade MacOS and are mostly unaffected by the overall numbers. Inside of the Windows numbers, Windows 10 (-1.56%) users switching to either Windows 11 (+0.92%) or choosing an alternative platform (-0.56%). Numbers do not add up perfectly, because these statistics are estimation based on asking randomly a fraction of the user base.

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        1 year ago

        That’s a good point. There are a heck of a lot of people primarily on game pass, now, especially.

        I also wonder if they account for people who dual-boot Linux and Windows, and who game only on Windows or who use both depending on the game.

        Does a steam deck owner with a Windows desktop gaming PC turn up twice in these numbers, in both the Linux and the Windows users count, do you think? Because then the Linux number would go up 1 without the Windows number going down.

        Edit: aside from this, SteamOS and desktop Linux distros aren’t necessarily comparable enough to be throwing together in the same category. A lot of the things that make SteamOS a smart choice for the deck, where they can control and optimize for the hardware, don’t apply to desktops the same way.

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        1 year ago

        Steam Deck is very underrepresented in the hardware surveys, as the questionnaire can only show up in Desktop mode.

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      1 year ago

      It’ll be interesting to see what happens when Windows 12 comes out, since people are unhappy with 11 and thus maybe more willing to jump ship, and Microsoft has a tendency to alternate between releasing good and bad OS’s.