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Classy Hatter

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  • Valve amended the Steam survey for December 2025 - Linux actually hit another all-time high

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  • So, from Jan'25 to Dec'25, Linux market share grew from 2.06% to 3.58%. That is about 74% growth: (3.58% - 2.06%) / 2.06% * 100% = 73.786...%

    Same numbers for 2024 gives about 17% growth for that year: (2.29% - 1.95%) / 1.95% * 100% = 17.435...%

  • Half-Life 3 Reportedly Delayed Due to Steam Machine Price, Leak Claims

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  • Are you asking them to release an... Orange Box?

  • GPU Advice

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  • Also make sure all the power cables are properly seated on both ends, PSU, motherboard and GPU. And make sure you are using the correct power cable for the GPU and the correct number of them.

  • Elon Musk says Optimus will 'eliminate poverty' in speech after his $1 trillion pay package was approved

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  • Will he use his new trillion dollars for betterment of humankind?

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    Windows 10 refugees flock to Linux in what devs call their "biggest launch ever"

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  • You can configure Linux to auto-select correct sample rate based on source file. I'm pretty sure PipeWire (Linux's audio system) will always use 24bit bit depth if your hardware supports, there's no point switching it. Not sure if there are graphical setting apps for setting up dynamic sample rate, but here's a guide how to set it up with config file (don't worry about it being Arch Wiki article): https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PipeWire#Changing_the_allowed_sample_rate(s)

  • Microsoft still can't convince folks to upgrade to Windows 11

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  • The upcoming macOS Tahoe still supports some Intel Macs from 2019.

  • Microsoft still can't convince folks to upgrade to Windows 11

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  • Arch’s version number is so large, it cannot be shown.

  • Pete Hegseth Says the Renamed ‘Department of War’ Stands for ‘Peace’

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  • Why didn't they rename it Department of Peace, then?

  • What is the performance difference between live booting from a USB pen, and installed on an eMMC drive?

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  • And the easiest way to figure out the USB version is to look at the USB port and connector. If there is white or black plastic piece inside of them, it’s USB 1 and 2 respectively. If the plastic part is blue, red or some other color, it’s USB 3 or better.

  • The Quiet Revolution: GNU/Linux Crosses 6% Desktop Market Share—And It’s Just the Beginning

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  • Once again, someone misreports the number. It's not 6% of desktop OS market share. It's 6% of all OS market share. There's about 50-50 split between desktop and mobile OSes, which means the correct desktop market share of Linux, according to that site, is 12%.

  • 7 years later, Valve's Proton has been an incredible game-changer for Linux

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  • I played WOW under Linux since open beta of WOW 1.0 until the first expansion, after which I quit it. The performance probably wasn’t on bar with Windows, but besides some problems after some of the patches, the stability was rock solid even in 25-man raids.

  • 7 years later, Valve's Proton has been an incredible game-changer for Linux

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  • 7 years later, Valve's Proton has been an incredible game-changer for Linux

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  • Hackintosh is a thing (or at least used to be), but it’s against the EULA.

  • Steam data reveals PC gamers shifting from Windows to Linux

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  • If more people are using steam deck and ditch their windows PCs for it, it's not an OS choice. It's a choice to move to consoles.

    They might have as well moved to Windows handheld or Nintendo Switch. They specifically chose the only Linux handheld on the market.

    [Steam Deck] can be used by the same unskilled people who use android or iPhone. So, one core requirement I think people need to have to install any other os is not met or even trained, which is actual knowledge about computers.

    Why is this a core requirement with Linux only? There are millions and millions of Windows users who have never installed an OS. Sounds gatekeeping to me.

  • Steam data reveals PC gamers shifting from Windows to Linux

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  • Linux market share has been growing at increasing speed. Last year, Steam Linux market share increased less than 20%, while it has already gone up by 40% this year. There is still 5 months left in this year.

  • Steam data reveals PC gamers shifting from Windows to Linux

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  • The market share of Steam Decks has been declining among Steam Linux users for at least over a year. Steam Deck users were 42% of Steam Linux users in April '24, and this year's July it's only 28%.

    https://www.gamingonlinux.com/steam-tracker/

  • Steam data reveals PC gamers shifting from Windows to Linux

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  • It's all Linux users, Deck included. But Steam Deck's market share among Linux users has declined from 42% in April '24 to 28% in July '25, and it looks like it has declined slightly faster this year.

    https://www.gamingonlinux.com/steam-tracker/

    "SteamOS Holo" is the name of the Linux distro used in Steam Deck.

  • Steam data reveals PC gamers shifting from Windows to Linux

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  • Thou shalt not be forgiveth! /jk

    I might have slightly misunderstood what the information is about, but I also worded things in a wrong way. I edited the post to be more in line with reality, and added some more data points.

  • Steam data reveals PC gamers shifting from Windows to Linux

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  • It’s based on devices. But, I wouldn’t consider it as diluting the Windows share. A user might have any combination of devices. Maybe they have PS5 as their home gaming device and Deck as their handheld device. They could also have Windows PC and Nintendo Switch. Or maybe they have Mac laptop and Linux desktop. I for one belong to the Linux desktop and Steam Deck camp. Steam Survey only tells how many Windows, Linux and Mac devices Steam users use, but, for example, not how many hours each type of device is used.