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Reading the comments made me want to check the Steam Hardware Survey [0].

Some quick facts (Dec 2025 -> Jan 2026):

- Windows 10 gained more users than Windows 11 :D

- Linux lost users :(

[0] https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey

I'm fairly certain that the GNU/Linux percentage dropping has more to do with the Simplified Chinese and Russian language percentage rising. I.O.W. more Windows than GNU/Linux users joined.

Those are survey results. Can't draw many conclusions from self selected survey responses. The survey lost Linux responders.

It's self selected so much as you clicking "yes" when it asks if you are ok with the client submitting your data, it's not a survey in the sense that you have to take time out of your day to answer it. If anything linux is probably over represented, so seeing the number go down is concerning for anyone that hopes for linux to be a viable alternative for mainstream users.

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