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ducky started this discussion 3 months ago #130,323
realize that a website is more engaging if it has ongoing activity (constantly updating and changing) and presents you with the most recent latest stuff, and I always found it weird that looking at (not even too) old stuff gives me a weird specific feeling (somewhat sad) that's hard to describe (e.g. things that used to be fun, novel, different of its time in that era but is now outdated). I even stopped feeling nostalgic but rather disillusioned. I'm kinda insane with the FOMO (fear of missing out) hype train, maybe I just wanna know what people are up to, you know? But I wouldn't like it to be superficial, or something said by an AI stuck in the past. Time moves on and there's nothing you can do about it, new year, who cares, you're running out of tim
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 3 months ago, 3 minutes later[^] [v] #1,398,690
Dude I feel the opposite way. I wish YouTube would go back to the way it was in 2015. Instead of all this right wing political "brown people scary" propaganda crap, I miss just being a kid binging Minecraft videos.
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ehhh, I just keep interested in everything always, I'd dive into centuries-old videos if they were there
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The bell curve of interactions gets destroyed by a.i. and NPCs on the internet.
ducky (OP) replied with this 3 months ago, 1 day later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,399,061
huh very interesting. I just copypasted that from tc. however it seems as if there's a method to the madness regarding language that get you guys to engage in a healthy, civilized manner.
good to know.
good to know.
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Linux gamers on Steam finally cross over the 3% markBy Liam Dawe - 2 Nov 2025 at 1:03 pm UTC30 comments
Last updated: 2 Nov 2025 at 1:04 pm UTC
It finally happened. Linux gamers on Steam as of the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for October 2025 have crossed over the elusive 3% mark. The trend has been clear for sometime, and with Windows 10 ending support, it was quite likely this was going to be the time for it to happen as more people try out Linux.
As of the October 2025 survey the operating system details:
Windows 94.84% -0.75%
Linux 3.05% +0.41%
macOS 2.11% +0.34%
The snapshot chart from our dedicated Steam Tracker page shows the clear trend:
Overall, 3% might not seem like much to some, but again - that trend is very clear and equates to millions of people. The last time Valve officially gave a proper monthly active user count was in 2022, and we know Steam has grown a lot since then, but even going by that original number would put monthly active Linux users at well over 4 million. Sadly, Valve have not given out a more recent monthly active user number but it's likely a few million higher, especially with the Steam Deck selling millions.
And if we look at the distribution breakdown chart from our page:
The overall distribution numbers for October 2025:
SteamOS Holo 64 bit - 27.18% (-0.47%)
Arch Linux 64 bit - 10.32% (-0.66%)
Linux Mint 22.2 64 bit - 6.65% (+6.65%)
CachyOS 64 bit - 6.01% (+1.32%)
Ubuntu Core 22 64 bit - 4.55% (+0.55%)
Freedesktop SDK 25.08 (Flatpak runtime) 64 bit - 4.29% (+4.29%)
Bazzite 64 bit - 4.24% (+4.24%)
Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS 64 bit - 3.70% (+3.70%)
Linux Mint 22.1 64 bit - 2.56% (-5.65%)
EndeavourOS Linux 64 bit - 2.32% (-0.08%)
Freedesktop SDK 24.08 (Flatpak runtime) 64 bit - 2.31% (-3.98%)
Fedora Linux 42 (KDE Plasma Desktop Edition) 64 bit - 2.12% (+0.19%)
Manjaro Linux 64 bit - 2.04% (-0.31%)
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS 64 bit - 1.93% (-0.04%)
Fedora Linux 42 (Workstation Edition) 64 bit - 1.75% (-0.43%)
Other - 18.04% (-4.28%)
The numbers are still being massively pumped up by the Steam Deck with SteamOS Linux, which is not surprising considering that the Steam Deck is still in the top 10 of the global top sellers on Steam constantly. And with all the rumours and leaks surrounding the upcoming Steam Frame, which will hopefully be a SteamOS Linux powered VR kit, we could see the numbers just continue to jump higher.
Source: Valve
Tags: Steam Deck, Misc, Steam, SteamOS, Valve
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