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I bet that most of the steam flatpaks are on the Debian distros, specifically Mint. So if it wasn't for steamos, Mint would probably be the first on the list.
Ubuntu has snap.
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where is fedora?
Definitely surprised to see it's such a low percentage that it was swept under the Other category.
Same, i see this Distro recommended everywhere alongside Linux Mint,Ubuntu Spins and Arch.
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I finally made the switch recently. Been dual booting for a while. I use arch on my laptop for fun and Linux Mint Debian Edition on my desktop for stability.
I hope you enjoy your time here in Linux land.
Thanks. I've been running Linux servers for over 5 years and a few Linux laptops for 2-3 years. I just never moved my gaming PC over. I was like the third wave of Steam Deck owners. That proved to me that gaming on Linux is possible now. I just give up on any game that has kernel level anti-cheat for now. But, the amount of cheaters pulled me from most of those games a while ago...
Yeah arch! We are legion!
I take it, you use arch?
BTW
Why are some in quotes?
$ cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Arch Linux"
PRETTY_NAME="Arch Linux"
(...)
Because this is how distributions declare their names
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#YEAR OF THE LINUX DESKTOP
Interesting to see that Arch Linux ishe most popular, even more so than endeavorOS which is way easier to install. I know Ubuntu isn't the hotness anymore but I figured mint would have jiat replaced it at the top. Apparently not. Then again power user who insults their own operating system but is also a game her might select for more advanced Linux users. Otherwise they might just dual boot or are the likes users who run it on a spare laptop.
I've been in Ubuntu user since I was 13 and I still am on my primary desktop but my old desktop which is now a utility server for me is running endeavor
For gaming purposes endevour is a terrible choice when cachy is a thing. Not that endevour is bad, its just cachy just pre does literally everything you would have to do AFTER an endevour install. Along with they have a ISO that is for the steamdeck.
Arch is also just objectively better then every other option again if your goal is first and foremost gaming. Because it has by far and away the best support for new hardware and nearly every third party community tool for every game ever is on the AUR and every gaming community with modders ONLY support arch basically because of it.
Again not because other options are bad, but this is teh steam report. Its gamers. So the best option FOR gaming is going to be on top. Thats arch, steamOS is arch, cachy is arch, and gamers with good hardware will graviate to arch because its the only way to have a painless and easy first time install for new hardware or to use teh community tools they got use to on windows.
Debian/Ubuntu and the others in that family all tend to have problems for gamers, fedora is a nightmare for new users. So they almost always end up just on cachy, or endevour/arch. Mostly cachy tho, as its canabalized most of manjaros gamers as the easy to install preset up distro.
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One day it will reach 5%.
Signed out of windows and into Mint when steam went to ask this time, the last 2 I said "sure" while playing cod on windows so it wasn't tracking me
So I'm now doing my part
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