• flashgnash@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I feel like a lot of the uptick in Linux users is probably due to the steam deck, which is good in itself but not necessarily Linux desktop users

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      1 year ago

      Would a significant portion of steamdeck users browse the Internet from it though? I found browsing too cumbersome on mine and in every case it was easier to just pull my phone out and surf that way.

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        1 year ago

        I browse the internet on my steam deck. It’d got good speakers and a good screen so I like it for watching things.

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        1 year ago

        Anyone who wants to do anything besides bogstandard steam games probably will at least once or twice

        Depends how this data is gathered

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      I’ve never heard a single steam deck owner here. plus I doubt it would affect the data of a 80 million people.

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      I’ve never heard a single steam deck owner here. plus I doubt it would affect the data of a 80 million people.

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      May also be because of US aggressiveness with sanctions. Microsoft is a US company and subject to US law. Not Linux.

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        I’m pretty sure it’s the same as eastern europe, where literally no one bought Windows ever and just pirated, so sanctions do nothing

        I’m from Ukraine and I don’t think I’ve ever heard of anyone buying Windows like… ever, I guess if it’s preinstalled on laptops, but many of them were sold without OS for that reason

        Microsoft doesn’t care because that’s exactly how they made a monopoly in eastern europe’s office space before linux became popular enough

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      I’ve never heard a single steam deck owner here. plus I doubt it would affect the data of a 80 million people.

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      I have never seen a single steam deck user around. Plus I doubt It affects the 80 million population.

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        1 year ago

        You’ve seen one now.

        I’ve seen a couple on trains IRL, along with myself.

        Have never seen someone using Linux in the wild