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Steam On Linux Usage Spikes To Nearly 2% In July, Larger Marketshare Than Apple macOS (www.phoronix.com)
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[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 year ago

Valve is doing wonders for Linux gaming. At this point, if anything is going to make "the year of the Linux desktop" happen, it's Valve

[–] MrShelbs@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 year ago

I’m also a part of that percentage. I tried Arch Linux for gaming and all my games worked fine on it. So I backed up my stuff and wiped my drives clean.

No trace of windows left and I do all my gaming on Arch. :)

[–] Suppoze@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago

I'm one of the 2%! Recently I installed Pop_OS besides Windows, and works like a charm with most games I play be it native or running through Proton. Granted, I mostly play indies with lower system requirements, I still need to boot up windows when I want to play something demanding (like Deep Rock Galactic above 60 FPS).

[–] Horsey@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I’d move to Linux and Android from MacOS right now if KDE connect was a 1-1 feature parity with Apple continuity.

[–] frankyboi@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I re-installed a linux only system on my laptop. Windows doesn't give update anymore.

[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Cool, I guess. I've been playing Diablo IV on my Mac at pretty decent performance thanks to their new portability kit. I was very close to getting a steamdeck and now I'm sure I don't need one to have some gaming in my life apart from the time-killers in my phone.

[–] RQG@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Linux users are the only ones not on vacation ;)

[–] hal_5700X@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks to the Steam Deck.