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Valve amended the Steam survey for December 2025 - Linux actually hit another all-time high (www.gamingonlinux.com)
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[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But that kind of user typically won't want to because it's much too scary.

Of course it's trivial to install Linux, you just have to click "next" five times or so.

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

It becomes a matter of which is scarier: Microsoft or having to try a new thing? The shittier windows gets, the more people will be pushed to jump ship, possibly to Linux.