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Linux continues to grow and has reached a new peak of 3.20% in the November 2025 Steam Hardware & Software Survey (lemmy.ml)
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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

3% is insane.

I am not a "year of linux" huffer. The majority of the population doesn't even know what a filesystem is, much less (for example) how to get to the BIOS setting they need to even install linux.

But 3% is absolutely a threshold for "viral social spread" amongst those that can.

[–] Stupendous@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

It's like damn look how good the general Linux desktop got with barely any general consumer adoption for about 30 years. Imagine what it could get around ~10%. 20 years ago Mac's were only around 5%. I love gaming on Linux but my main thought is how this is the trojan horse that brings users and some funding and developer attention to open source applications. Kdenlive needs love. Ardour needs love. Darktable. Get them all the Blender treatment someday

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