This is the latest update from November 2023 on the Linux distributions used for Gaming on Linux. The data comes from ProtonDB, which collects individuals' r...
Pleasantly surprised that Arch tops the chart. Then again, and I might be wrong about this, but to me a clear bias in the ProtonDB data is that those who submit reports to ProtonDB are usually users who are likely used to submitting bug reports and stuff, so obviously not your average “freshly migrated from Windows” gamer.
Arch is very powerful and flexible, but definitely not newbie friendly. I only made the jump after 7 years of using Ubuntu and Debian, and I still had a learning curve.
Pleasantly surprised that Arch tops the chart. Then again, and I might be wrong about this, but to me a clear bias in the ProtonDB data is that those who submit reports to ProtonDB are usually users who are likely used to submitting bug reports and stuff, so obviously not your average “freshly migrated from Windows” gamer.
I think it’s also an issue of selection between the bases.
Yes, arch is on top, but Ubuntu, mint, pop (maybe more?) Are all “Ubuntu”, so their representation is divided.
Completely agree I was surprised to see Arch on top still! Plus I’m very new at all this…
And Manjaro is Arch.
Oh! That makes it close again!
Maybe I need to look into arch/Manjaro, unless it’s not new-friendly.
Arch is very powerful and flexible, but definitely not newbie friendly. I only made the jump after 7 years of using Ubuntu and Debian, and I still had a learning curve.
Arch is at the top because of the steam deck which uses arch
The steam deck being based on arch probably influences it a lot too. You can see the same trend on the steam hardware survey results.
edit : My bad actually, the video creator mentions in the comments that this is data without the steam deck section of the site.