It would be unrealistic to expect a faster growth. The userbase already used windows and the global linux userbase is small. People don’t change habits so easily, and most still don’t see a reason to.
Linux is almost twice as big outside of gaming tho. In the Steam survey it sits at ~2%, whereas Statcounter has it at ~4%, based on browser data. Gaming actually lacks behind mainstream Linux adoption
But you’re considering that all linux users are gamers, and that all linux gamers use steam.
We want so much to see linux growing, that we tend to get hyped easily, but the reality is that the growth is likely to be slow and steady for the while being. If it keeps growing continuously, at some point it may break a popularity barrier and then grow faster, but it’s still far from that stage
It would be unrealistic to expect a faster growth. The userbase already used windows and the global linux userbase is small. People don’t change habits so easily, and most still don’t see a reason to.
Linux is almost twice as big outside of gaming tho. In the Steam survey it sits at ~2%, whereas Statcounter has it at ~4%, based on browser data. Gaming actually lacks behind mainstream Linux adoption
But you’re considering that all linux users are gamers, and that all linux gamers use steam.
We want so much to see linux growing, that we tend to get hyped easily, but the reality is that the growth is likely to be slow and steady for the while being. If it keeps growing continuously, at some point it may break a popularity barrier and then grow faster, but it’s still far from that stage
IDK, Steam Deck is kind of a game changer, with SteamOS also getting a lot better. Kinda easy to say it is what it is in hind sight IMO.