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source https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide/#monthly-200910-202511

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[+] 17 points 10 months ago (6 children)
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  • [–] 11 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    Even 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.

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    I mean, if a single distro is what we're after, isn't there already ChromeOS?

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months 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.

    And, importantly, improvements and software for SteamOS is, generally, improvements and software for most Linux distros.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    Between that and windows 11 forcing people to choose between buying new hardware (at currently inflated RAM prices) , remain on win10 without updates oo switching to a different OS, it really could mean the fabled "year of the Linux desktop" has finally arrived.

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