Comment on Windows Marketshare since 2010
poVoq@slrpnk.net 4 days agoEven if they sell like hot cakes relative to their intended audience of Steam users, it will not make much of a difference in overall market share. Steam might be relatively big with PC gamers, but overall they are rather tiny.
walden@wetshav.ing 4 days ago
Tiny yes, but IMO getting the attention of computer gamers needs to be the next step if a Linux flavor is going to become a household name.
Even if it’s “SteamOS” that becomes the household name instead of “Linux” that’s still good overall. Maybe it’ll turn into how people used to say they had “Droid” smartphones, not Android.
rikudou@lemmings.world 4 days ago
I mean, if a single distro is what we’re after, isn’t there already ChromeOS?
greybeard@feddit.online 3 days ago
ChromeOS is pretty far from normal Linux. It’s closer to something like Android. Uses the Linux kernel, but doesn’t bring the freedom, flexibility, or even GUI tool that come with a Linux desktop. SteamOS does come with all of those.
walden@wetshav.ing 4 days ago
I guess I see your point, but at the same time I don’t.