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Linux continues to grow and has reached a new peak of 3.20% in the November 2025 Steam Hardware & Software Survey (lemmy.ml)
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[–] priapus@piefed.social 24 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That list is just weird and only shows a few specific distros. If you go to the Linux only results you get way more info. It shows Bazzite as used by 5.53% of respondents, +1.29% from last month.

[–] Hazzard@lemmy.zip 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ah, that makes way more sense. Nearly 6% of the gaming Linux market for such a new distro, and rapidly growing, sounds much more like where I would've expected Bazzite to place, based on my own experience and the tune of most recommendation threads here.

[–] priapus@piefed.social 4 points 4 months ago

Agreed. Ive been active in a lot of Linux communities for a good while now, and I've never seen a single distro being recommended as much as Bazzite. Mint was probably the closest, but it's always had detractors due to its stable base affecting hardware support.