2024 is the Year of Linux on the Desktop, at least for my boyfriend. He’s running Windows 7 right now, so I’ll be switching him to Ubuntu in a few days. Ubuntu was chosen because Proton is officially supported in Ubuntu.

      • nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br
        8·
        1 year ago

        Yes, these are global stats, but as someone from the third world myself, I can say that most gamers around here resort to piracy, even though steam has gained a lot of popularity, so, only a fraction of us are included in the steam statistics, which would make such data not very representative.

        Perhaps a better source for understanding software usage in the third world is data from statcounter. They show something around 3 to 5%, a much higher number. However, even this data can be biased, because they only count machines connected to the internet and who browse certain sites.

        • wolfshadowheart@slrpnk.net
          2·
          1 year ago

          only a fraction of us are included in the steam statistics, which would make such data not very representative

          And since not all users get the survey I imagine even this isn’t as accurate as it could be - I would guess at least.

          • dan@upvote.au
            2·
            1 year ago

            Can’t they just automatically collect this data if the user gives permission?

          • nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br
            1·
            1 year ago

            In that case steam doesn’t need to send the survey to all users, but only to a randomized sample, and it will statistically represent the whole of steam users.

      • kier@lemmy.world
        4·
        1 year ago

        Good question, almost all of my country’s government PCs are still running Windows 7.

    • TJA!@sh.itjust.works
      32·
      1 year ago

      But steam has > 100 million active users. Even if it is less than 1%, it still is a huge number