A moment I’ve no doubt many Linux fans have been waiting to see. The Linux user share on Steam has smashed through the 2% barrier.
Not actually for the first time though, it did initially rise up above 2% in March 2013, shortly after the original Steam for Linux release when it left Beta. Part of the reason it had higher numbers at the start, was that Valve added a special Tux item into Team Fortress 2 only on Linux but it quickly dropped in the following months.
A lot of Linux enthusiasts use Arch, but it’s far from the most popular among regular Linux users. So we’re seeing early adopters since Arch users are probably more likely to tinker to get things working than Ubuntu users.
So if we start seeing Ubuntu take over Arch, that means we’re seeing Linux gaming reach the mainstream.
I would also like to see a survey about Linux adoption after using the Deck.
That’s what I recommend, and I’d expect Mint to eventually be #2 or #3 once it hits mainstream.
I use something else though (openSUSE Tumbleweed), but I think Mint has way better community support without a lot of the nonsense that Ubuntu has. Mint Debian is my recommendation 9/10 times.
That’s what I recommend, and I’d expect Mint to eventually be #2 or #3 once it hits mainstream.
No snark intended, but what do you mean by “hits mainstream?” It’s been around for a long time, and it still hasn’t surpassed Ubuntu, as far as I am aware. I genuinely don’t understand what you mean.
I agree that it’s generally user friendly, but many distros like Elementary and Manjaro are trying to become more user friendly, too. Couple that with the gaming community likely being the first larger group of adopters, and they’ll be looking for gaming-oriented distros like Bazzite, Pop, Chimera, and Garuda.
