Steam On Linux Drops Below 2% For August 2024 Survey [due usual increase of windows-only China users: english, also, secondary language (again)]

alessandro@lemmy.ca · edit-2 5 months ago

Steam On Linux Drops Below 2% For August 2024 Survey [due usual increase of windows-only China users: english, also, secondary language (again)]

blackris@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 months ago

I always had the impression, China was more of a Linux country. Too bad.

catloaf@lemm.ee · 5 months ago

Most software still runs on Windows. I’m sure theirs is mostly pirated.

msmc101@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 months ago

not in gaming cafes

helenslunch@feddit.nl · edit-2 5 months ago

As we have seen in months past when Linux takes a sizable dip, it’s correlated to a rise in the Simplified Chinese use.

Can someone explain? How does the user’s language affect the % of Linux users?

alessandro@lemmy.ca · 5 months ago

Can someone explain? How does the user’s language affect the % of Linux users?

There’s a lot of Windows piracy (both OS and software), this helped Microsoft to boost Windows adoption; thus China, and Chinese language, account for an heavy boost in Windows overall adoption on global statistics (lot of people).