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1 more year has passed, and I'm still tracking these numbers, albeit now posting with a different username. The upward tendency has not just continued, but even increased; now Linux is nearing 4 % market share globally and over 2 % on Steam.

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[–] lnxtx@feddit.nl 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Does Steam count SteamOS as Linux?
Or they track only PCs?

[–] tsl@lemmy.stefanoprenna.com 9 points 3 months ago

The Steam Deck is a PC...

[–] pancake@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 3 months ago

They count it as Linux, yes!

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

ngl, that second derivative def looks positive