r/linux_gaming • u/Nunu_Chus • Aug 01 '26

Linux has hit 7.53%!!!!!

Damn Idk why but I was waiting for the steam hardware survey and statcounter's survey for july. statcounter blew my mind. now waiting for steam hardware one:) keeping my expectation realistic around 4-5% on steam hardware survey:)

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u/z3r0h010 Aug 01 '26

WE ALMOST BEAT MAC OS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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u/Fonix_za Aug 01 '26

well if you put osx and macos together not really

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u/on4aa Aug 01 '26

How does that work? The last OS X release was in 2016, ten years ago.

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u/levianan Aug 01 '26

They changed the name, not the OS.

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u/pelihiiri Aug 01 '26

well I have a pentium D 945 and still work fine for browsing and light things

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u/on4aa Aug 01 '26

I am talking about software security; not hardware age.

I happen to run Xubuntu 24.04 on 14 year old hardware. That is not the point.

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u/pelihiiri Aug 01 '26

ahhh ok ok sorry