A moment I've no doubt many Linux fans have been waiting to see. The Linux user share on Steam has smashed through the 2% barrier.

A moment I’ve no doubt many Linux fans have been waiting to see. The Linux user share on Steam has smashed through the 2% barrier.

Not actually for the first time though, it did initially rise up above 2% in March 2013, shortly after the original Steam for Linux release when it left Beta. Part of the reason it had higher numbers at the start, was that Valve added a special Tux item into Team Fortress 2 only on Linux but it quickly dropped in the following months.

  • modifierEnglish
    0•6 months ago

    Only dimly related, but since I’m in this 2%, I can’t help reflecting that in the 11 months since joining Lemmy, I have:

    • Canceled all of my streaming subscriptions

    • Built a massive Plex Server

    • Rekindled my love of Unix building said server

    • Began pirating movies, TV, music, and software like a fucking syphilitic pegleg

    • Began experiencing Star Trek TNG for the first time, pirated, on my Plex Server, running Linux

    • Bought a steam deck and began experimenting with Arch

    Don’t ever let anyone tell you your feed doesn’t influence you, no matter how media literate you are.

    • @Bronzie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1•6 months ago

      Fuuuuuuuck, you made have the same realization.

      • Ditched W10 for Mint

      • Bought a NAS and set up all .arrs and cancelled all my subscriptions (- Spotify)

      • Home media server with Jellyfin

      • Shared said server with friends and family via Tailscale

      • Set up my very first server on a low end device running headless Debian, all from scratch with docker and Portainer. Currently running a Valheim server

      All this with 0 previous Linux experience. Reddit beeing cunts made me learn a lot of cool new things these part 12 months!