> The assumption was that Linux would struggle to make a dent in the desktop market until it managed to make a tempting proposition for gamers.

I don't think that assumption has been validated, and I don't see that from this article. The premise of this article isn't that the steam deck is taking market share, it's that it's increasing compatibility of games on linux. More to the point, the steamdeck hasn't made a dent in the desktop market, see [0] it's a fraction of a percentage of _gamers_ never mind any other use cases.

Don't read this as me saying this isn't progress, but we're still a far cry (pun intended) from a dent.

[0] https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Softw...