Some snippets from the article :
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Women accounted for 9.9% of the Linux kernel Git population.
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About 90% of Hollywood special effects rely on Linux.
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0.44% of Steam users are playing on Linux.
doesn’t Steam Hardware Survey report way higher percentage of Linux users?
(Statista, Blackdown)
wouldn’t Valve’s numbers be more reliable?
Steam is only installed on one of my computers, I have at least four running Linux. Not to mention plenty of Linux users don’t game at all, so probably not.
Steam’s hardware survey reports 1.94% of their userbase is using Linux, beating Mac OS, which is at 1.38% respectively.
Not to mention plenty of Linux users don’t game at all
The Steamdeck is pushing the needle on that, creating a bunch of Linux gamers with some not even realizing it.
I’m happy to see more Linux gamers don’t get me wrong. Steam is specifically gathering specs on people who game, the other stat counter (that reports 4% Linux use) is based on what people’s browsers are reporting.
