Linux user share on Steam ended 2024 on a high note
Valve have put up the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for December 2024, which shows that the Linux share ended 2024 in December with a nice boost.
Linux 2.29% +0.29%
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Anecdotally, more of my techy friends are at least entertaining the thought of switching to Linux when they never did before. Great job, Microsoft!
My 12yo learnt about Recall from some Youtube video and has now said they want to move to Linux. I'm not fully convinced it's possible though, I know they have some modding tools etc for indie games that seem to be Windows only. Let's see.
Encourage your little one to explore their interests!
This!! If little guy wants to brick his computer 3x times before getting it right , let him .
I haven’t bricked my computer once running Linux and yet with Windows I have gotten the blue screen of death 3 times and lots of freezes.
I've nuked my bootloader entries a handful of times. I wouldn't trust a 12yo to know how to fix that. But maybe I'm not giving 12yos enough credit 🤷
Why the downvote tho? If lil guy wants to brick it, let him.
You’re using biased phrasing against Linux and no they will not brick their system.
Wow, right over your head dude. It's just the sentiment he is sharing.
lmfao but what if he wants to brick it ? Let him!!
If they're going to brick it, it won't be with Linux, but with a funky UEFI firmware. It's incredibly hard to brick a computer by installing an OS.
Presumably your using the word "brick" wrong. Or are you suggesting this poor person buys 4 computers until they learn how to do something?
This guy gets it! But in any case, I’d let him brick it. I would not be where I am if I had not bricked (for real) a couple of expensive devices during my youth.
Dual boot! Lets you keep one foot in the Windows door in case you need anything in Windows. I also run a Windows VM (Winapps) for small programs that don't run well on Linux and also don't require much processing power
Why do you include the "dont require much processing power" part?
I’m one. As a Mac user, I haven’t used windows in years, and avoid it like the plague. But, the limited games support meant I had to rely on consoles to get my gaming fix. With Steam’s strong support for Linux, I decided to build a gaming PC for Linux only. It’s been great. I just wish more publishers would support it — the ones adding kernel-level anti-cheat are ruining things, but I’m hoping if enough people switch to Linux, they won’t be able to ignore us.
I'm really lucky that I avoid anything that has anticheat. Not because I'm a cheater but because all the slur-screaming 12 year olds and my own fear of getting addicted to MMOs if I ever gave them a try have mostly dissuaded me from anything with online multiplayer.
Which means most of my games are Linux-compatible and I have no gaming group I'm giving up by making the jump :D
Gotta be our best selves in 2025!
I've long had a mix of Windows and Linux machines, and currently have a gaming desktop with Win10, my old gaming desktop/media center PC on Win10, and my laptop/homelab machines all running Proxmox or Debian. At first I hadn't migrated to Win11 because Microsoft hadn't convinced me it's an upgrade, but Copilot has now convinced me it won't be an upgrade.
I haven't decided exactly when, but the Windows 10 EOL is going to drive me to remove Windows from my remaining computers, and just use Linux.
Yes, good. Give in to your hatred (of Copilot). It makes you powerful!
Two I know have all but commited to switching after seeing me be able to join them in basically everything we might want to play together.
They're just using their w10 installs until they inevitably need an OS reinstall, at which point they've said they'll have me over to set them up with whatever I've figured out works best at that point.
This is how it's done man. Keep it up.
