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cm0002@lemy.lol to Linux@programming.dev · 1 month ago

Linux Falls Hard on Steam After Record 5% Milestone

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Linux Falls Hard on Steam After Record 5% Milestone

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cm0002@lemy.lol to Linux@programming.dev · 1 month ago
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Linux falls to 3.99% in Steam’s May 2026 survey, losing its historic 5% milestone just two months after reaching 5.33%.
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    The Steam data is pretty noisy. We got a big spike two months ago and now the anomaly went away. The import part is to pay attention to the trend, something that is quite the oppose of “falls hard”:

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      Thats a positive trend and we still have the Steam Machine ahead of us. The writing is on the wall.

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        Which comes at the worst possible time price wise 🥺 damn AI bubble

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          It still sold out 🙂

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            What sold out?

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              Woops, the Steam Deck sold out. I bet the Steam Machine will to.

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                And I predict the Steam Frame will sell out as well. Unless they implement some unprecedented preorder system or something.

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                You had me shitting bricks. I’ll be damned if I don’t get my hands on a Gabe Cube and Gabe Goggles.

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                  I’ll get a steam frame even at the inflated prices… It runs linux, seems quite open, and it not made by facebook. I’m already sold on just that. I also fear though it’ll sell out almost immediately 🙁

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      Yeah it’s the toe of a sigmoid curve. We’re entering the early adopter phase roughly.

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      Great observation!

      The anomaly itself even looks periodical and March related.

      But the trend goes brrrr!

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      Why is english-only higher than the sum?

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        It’s percentages, with English speakers using Linux at 2x the rate of the world average. The world average is mostly drug down down by China, which has almost 0% Linux use.

        Some of that gets more apparent when you see all the different graphs here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/steam-tracker/

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          Oohhh thank you!

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