Comment on Linux gamers on Steam finally cross over the 3% mark

ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• rodneylives@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  By some reports it’s over 5%, statcounter may be undercounting Linux.

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  • atmorous@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Everybody keep growing the userbase!! We got this!

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• valkyre09@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Back when I worked at Apple Retail we used to say, “5 down, 95 to go”. I really want SteamOS to be a runaway success

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  • Katana314@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m not so sure Valve is the right maintainer for the core desktop. The Deck works well, but mainly what Valve is maintaining is the Game Mode feature and Proton. Everything else is largely better handed off to a bigger group.

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    • Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Tbf, I think people are hoping for mainstream SteamOS as the “safe supported option”, because they are afraid of an “unintuitive experience” (This is basically a Linus Sebastian demographic problem).

      Personally, I think that’s a bad judgement call (as platforms like Bazzite have already proven that an official SteamOS environment isn’t required to have a good time gaming and using your machine), but I guess that means there’ll be even more excitement once that releases.

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      • tb_@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I can’t say having to fiddle around with Proton versions is exactly intuitive, though it has gotten better since last I tried it a year or so ago.

        It is still not quite as smooth as it is on Windows, and I have tech-normie friends who want to do nothing more than download and press play.

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