• labsin@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Newer linux games on steam are compiled to run in containers in the same way as a flatpak. They could break it a security patch would break some vague hack in de game, but these should be minimal. These containers are only released ever other year and keep being supported so there isn’t really any serious compatible problem there. The first Linux games on steam like team fortress 2 ran partially on the system libraries and that caused lots of problems, especially when these get older.

        With the snipperred Linux desktop, containers are the only viable solution.

        • aski3252@lemmy.mlEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          I have been playing squad on linux without any issues for a while now, I don’t think I even had to do any tinkering.

        • Jee@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Is it possible to cheat those anti cheats with a VM? Been trying to switch to Fedora but still contemplating if proton could run everything I need without too many bugs and issues.

          • sv1sjp@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Did you try with KVM and some tweaks to pretend that it is areal world machine?

      • MeshPotato@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 year ago

        Looking at that sudden increase in OS X usage, I assume its related to the M1 chip? Although I still wouldn’t touch apple with a 6foot pole. People love to shit on Microsoft, at least they tend to treat their staff well. Everyone seems to have forgotten that Apple fitted nets at their Foxconn factory.

        I can als troubleshoot any OS except stuff made by the fruit business as everything is hidden behind secret button combinations and lock outs.

        • Ben@feddit.dk
          1·
          1 year ago

          Could definitely be that the OS X is seeing more users due to M1. It could also be that this type of user is just more active on the internet recently, statcounter mesures total amount of visits and not unique visitors.

        • Ben@feddit.dk
          21·
          1 year ago

          Windows looks qute consistent to me. Android has a dip though, which could be caused by usage patterns, looking at the previous years the peak of phone usage is around summer. It could also be changes between browser versions and to some extend extensions for those browsers (firefox allows for extensions on mobile).

          • Simplesyrup@lemmy.ml
            11·
            1 year ago

            Pffft windows is the most unconsistant looking pile of UI trash in the world, they can’t even stack up with Gnome and windows is on most pc’s. Their design is ugly and when u go into settings u have win 10 and old win 7 ui elements in their “new windows 11 system” Pfft so glad I wiped windows from my PC for a better and more stream lined OS

  • discomatic@lemmy.ca
    4·
    1 year ago

    It’s been a bit of a struggle, but I switched my media server over in December and I will never go back to Windows.

  • sounddrill@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz
    9·
    1 year ago

    I don’t think people know how big of a feat this is. This list could be full of “gaming laptop grandmas” or casual macbook users who just use it for word/excel.

    No shame in either of that, the first one is quite cool but I think that 3% is a lot, especially by a metric that actively includes non tech savvy people

  • moonmeow@lemmy.ml
    15·
    1 year ago

    Give it more time. As Microsoft cuts support for perfectly good working hardware, people will learn about this magical free and open source software operating system of many varieties they can choose from, and with a little nudge and a beginner friendly variant (linux mint, ubuntu), they too will learn to love linux.

    • MasterCelebrator@feddit.de
      9·
      1 year ago

      Well up until they try to run Software that isnt supported on Linux. Dont get me wrong, i like Linux (have it on my laptop that i only use occasionally) and i really want to switch completely. But i have some Software that i need and it just doesnt run on Linux or needs huge amounts of workarounds or tweakings that can break any time. So Every time i want to switch i end up on Windows again. And i know, this isnt entirely Linux Fault but the companies who are unwilling to make their Software compatible.

      • NotYourSocialWorker@feddit.nu
        1·
        1 year ago

        My hope is that as the Linux numbers creep up the companies support of Linux will also go up. Not sure where that breakpoint may be though.

      • moonmeow@lemmy.ml
        4·
        1 year ago

        Ya software and hardware support like drivers has historically been pretty bad and I still rely on non Linux computer for a few programs.

        More and more I’m just opting for the Foss alternative if available and suitable.

        • MasterCelebrator@feddit.de
          5·
          1 year ago

          Yes i also tend to prefer foss if available and suitable. The problem is that sometimes there is no adequate alternative. In my case its music production. Sure there are foss alternatives on Linux, but to be honest in a lot of cases they dont even come close to professional proprietary Software. On top of that i spent hundreds of Euro on music hard and Software, that either just runs on Linux with huge amounts of tweakings and drawbacks or just doesnt run at all. And i am not Willing to give up my soft and Hardware Stack that i built up over the last years. I also thought about running all this stuff over Windows in a VM, but then im basically in Windows again and i think this defeats the purpose of Switching to Linux.

          • moonmeow@lemmy.ml
            1·
            1 year ago

            Same. I know ableton or some native instrument software and unfortunately I’m not even gonna try and make them work with wine because I think it just wouldn’t fully work and glitch.

            It is frustrating because I think the new standalone version of push is running some Linux variant?

            • MasterCelebrator@feddit.de
              1·
              1 year ago

              I dont know about push but machine plus Uses a Linux Variant. But i guess they just use the same for push, because why wouldnt they. And yes this is extra frustrating because aparently they can make their stuff run on linux

  • moonmeow@lemmy.ml
    17·
    1 year ago

    For Desktops. Nice. I’d like to see numbers that include servers, steam decks, androids, etc…

  • Fabrik872@apollo.town
    6·
    1 year ago

    For me 2016 was year of linux desktop since than i started using linux. And if i see linux in the wild it is very often Ubuntu 16.04 with that beautifull Unity DE.

  • YⓄ乙 @aussie.zone
    14·
    1 year ago

    30 years. Wow! I have installed popOS on all my family’s laptop. They only use a browser and word doc. The best part is if by accident they download a malware , it never runs on Linux lol.