Re: Is anyone here playing games in Linux these days?

On Fri, 27 Jun 2025 08:06:30 -0700, Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com>
wrote:

On 6/26/2025 4:12 AM, Rin Stowleigh wrote:

On Thu, 26 Jun 2025 06:05:39 -0000 (UTC), ant@zimage.comANT (Ant)
wrote:
 

:P

 
According to gs.statcounter.com, the total number of people using
Linux as as desktop for *ANYTHING* (let alone gaming) required a time
span of 16 years to grow from <1 percent to 4.27, and is now slightly
on the decline.

>
Does that count Steam OS?

I'm not sure Steam OS counts as a desktop OS, but if it is tracked as
desktop at all, I'm fairly sure it would be categorized as "Unknown"
rather than Linux in their metrics.

And while it might be originally Linux-based, I don't think it would
be generally considered Linux any more than MacOS is considered Linux.
Because once an OS is modified to the point where it's a closed and
proprietary ecosystem, it's kind of at the opposite end of the
spectrum of what Linux is supposed to be and its really just a
proprietary UNIX flavor at that point.