News Huge OS and RAM usage swings in Steam Survey likely to have been influenced by China influx

[Admin]

Steam just released its February 2025 Hardware Survey, and we saw some interesting results.

Huge OS and RAM usage swings in Steam Survey likely to have been influenced by China influx : Read more

 

[ekio]

I am surprised that adding China in the stats decreases Linux share.

I thought they were betting on Linux with UOS and Kylin to stop having such a strong dependency on American technology.

They should start the transition asap imho, because relying on Windows is a big weakness.

 

[TerryLaze]

I am surprised that adding China in the stats decreases Linux share.

I thought they were betting on Linux with UOS and Kylin to stop having such a strong dependency on American technology.

That's what the government does but how many in the government play games on steam?!

 

[nookoool]

I am surprised that adding China in the stats decreases Linux share.

I thought they were betting on Linux with UOS and Kylin to stop having such a strong dependency on American technology.

They should start the transition asap imho, because relying on Windows is a big weakness.

Steam has good linux compability but that may be not the case for the the other game store. I run Linux as my main daily but keep a gaming pc with Windows. Even as a Linux user, there are some critical apps that just runs fully/natively on windows.

Chinese Linux ecosystem is a bit weird. I tried Deepin a few years back and it had an ancient kernel. These days its in weird constantly changing / unstable state. I don't even believe wechat client is available natively on Linux and tencent also decided to remove the webclient.