2023/4 was steam but it was also before Microsoft started losing their mind thinking forcing people into AI would just blow over.
I expect 2026 will have a couple more percent as a load of people are trying to escape and some of them will make it.
why is the acceleration still slow?
There’s no marketing
Fear. Linux used to be a lot more complicated. It has a reputation. Windows is still far better at getting you to a gui if you really fuck it up. Checkpoints on updates and safe mode save a lot of peoples bacon.
Game performance is still markedly slower, and anti-cheat titles are unplayable.
Games are getting better, ease to install is getting better. Title availability is slowly getting better, but a lot of it is electron, so the titles themselves are getting worse. Wine/Proton is amazing and improving every day.
2023/4 was steam but it was also before Microsoft started losing their mind thinking forcing people into AI would just blow over.
I expect 2026 will have a couple more percent as a load of people are trying to escape and some of them will make it.
There’s no marketing
Fear. Linux used to be a lot more complicated. It has a reputation. Windows is still far better at getting you to a gui if you really fuck it up. Checkpoints on updates and safe mode save a lot of peoples bacon.
Game performance is still markedly slower, and anti-cheat titles are unplayable.
Games are getting better, ease to install is getting better. Title availability is slowly getting better, but a lot of it is electron, so the titles themselves are getting worse. Wine/Proton is amazing and improving every day.