Another milestone has been reached or crossed. Valve has revised its statistics and now shows GNU/Linux at 4% (or almost there). That is more or less what other (not gamers') surveys show. █ ...

The Year of the Linux Desktop has become something of a sad meme in recent years, but the truth is that Linux as an alternative to Windows and macOS has never been more popular — both in terms of ...

Right now, for December 2025, Linux users made up 3.58% of the Steam userbase, which is a new record for the OS. That doesn't ...

AMD CPUs hit a record 71.93% usage among Linux gamers, while the Steam Deck now accounts for over one-fifth of the total ...

The number of people using Linux on their home computers reached 5% for the first time this year, according to numbers tracked by StatCounter. And that's not including ChromeOS and other tailored cuts ...

Times are changing. For Linux gamers on Steam, the October 2025 Steam Hardware & Software Survey has shown the community crossing the 3% market share mark. This upward trend has been clear for a while ...

TL;DR: Windows remains the leading PC gaming OS with 95.1% market share, but Linux, driven by SteamOS and Steam Deck popularity, is steadily growing among gamers. Valve's SteamOS offers optimized ...

At long last, after years of waiting for the "Year of the Linux desktop," we're getting somewhere. According to the US Federal Government Website and App Analytics, which I trust far more than I do ...

According to the latest numbers from Statcounter, Linux-based desktop operating systems have reached a new milestone, sitting at a market share of 5.03 percent in the US. It’s a monumental moment as ...

The Linux desktop has continued its slow growth. Linux has been making gains in no small part because of Microsoft Windows' blunders. Users and governments have been losing trust in Windows and ...