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Linux's Marketshare Drops in Monthly Steam Survey


What's Linux's marketshare on Steam? The Steam Survey numbers tell this story: 11/24: 2.03% 12/24: 2.29% 01/25: 2.06% 02:25: 1.45% "The February numbers show a staggering 0.61% drop to Linux use..." reports Phoronix. But they attribute this to an sampling error: According to the survey, it sh...

"The February numbers show a staggering 0.61% drop to Linux use..." reports Phoronix. But they attribute this to an sampling error: According to the survey, it shows 50% of Steam users using the Simplified Chinese language pack [a 20% increase from the month before]. In prior months where there has been drops to Linux use, it's been correlated to wild swings in the Chinese use on Steam.

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