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All fields expanded, very long screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/steam-hardware-software-survey-linux-september-2025-azOM8GS

Note, the source will change every month. That's why I made a screenshot, so the discussion in this thread makes sense in the future. Source: https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/?platform=linux

Linux Mint 22.2 64 bit got +3.34% from previously 0%, while Linux Mint 22.1 64 bit lost -2.71%. So the rest of the 0.65% are either new users or upgraders from even older Linux Mint versions. Whatever the reason is, these two entries should have been a single one as Linux Mint 22 with 8.84%.

Also what is the category "Other"? It's almost 20% big, so this is not something to wave over. Bazzite got a good start, hopefully it will grow further. I'm surprised that CachyOS is this popular, much more than Ubuntu and Bazzite.

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[–] infeeeee@lemmy.zip 14 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

I have no idea why some distros name is between quotes, maybe the list is dictated by Mini Me in Steam HQ or is it some kind of sarcasm?

[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 15 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

As part of this, Linux and OSX gained market share, and Windows lost some:

Some nice charts on the Gaming On Linux Steam Tracker as well.

[–] mlg@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago

Nice to see Fedora Workstation go down and Fedora KDE go up.

Stop trying to use GNOME lol

[–] jlow@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 20 hours ago

Mh, that sorting is kinda weird ...