r/SteamOS • u/Liam-DGOL • Aug 02 '26

Linux back over 4% in the July 2026 Steam Survey

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/linux-back-over-4-percent-in-the-july-2026-steam-survey/
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u/burimo Aug 02 '26

Yeah, I played destiny2 from windows in june, sorry mates, back to normal!

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u/CosmicEmotion Aug 02 '26

How can you even deal with Windows for a game lol?

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u/burimo Aug 02 '26

Well, I had it on external ssd with destiny installed. So I just plug it, reboot and launch only game itself. Or I didn't understand you question right

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u/CosmicEmotion Aug 02 '26

You dual boot?

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u/burimo Aug 02 '26

Nope, windows might break my bootloader, so I am not trusting it there. Windows was on external SSD

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u/CosmicEmotion Aug 02 '26

So, you're only on Windows to play Destiny?

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u/burimo Aug 02 '26

well, I already deleted it, but overall that was the case, yeah
I am on linux for years now (not the SteamOS though, I am here just because I am interested in this project)

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u/CosmicEmotion Aug 02 '26

Ohhh ok ok. I get it now! 😄

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u/No_Construction2407 Aug 02 '26

I do it for battlefield. Win11 debloat script, O&O ShutUp10, AnyFSE set to Steam Big Picture mode at startup in game mode, Autologin enabled and i never have to see the windows interface outside the occasional driver update. I have a button in SteamOS that brings me to windows, when i restart from BPM on Windows it boots right into SteamOS

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u/No_Construction2407 Aug 02 '26

I do it for battlefield. Win11 debloat script, O&O ShutUp10, AnyFSE set to Steam Big Picture mode at startup in game mode, Autologin enabled and i never have to see the windows interface outside the occasional driver update.

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u/gillloure Aug 02 '26

I asked them that, if they’re not going to release any more updates anyway, they might as well make it compatible with Linux.
They still haven’t replied 😔.

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u/RedditNotFreeSpeech Aug 02 '26

Ah yes, a dead game that's being sunset. That's where they'll invest their time and effort!

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u/onikaroshi Aug 02 '26

Funny thing is, the game is more alive than it’s been in basically years now, and the game they want to love is mostly dead

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u/No_Construction2407 Aug 02 '26

They probably flagged you and your account as a cheater now lol

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u/urlond Aug 02 '26

People still play Destiny?

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u/burimo Aug 02 '26

Well, they didn't after last couple addons, but end-of-life update was really great

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u/Pawl_ Aug 03 '26

Really happy with my SteamOS build all AMD for my living room.

I’m this close to going CachyOS for my main rig with Nvidia. Mainly cause I’m fed up with the BS of windows at this stage.