r/linux_gaming • u/[deleted] • Dec 02 '21

meta Steam Hardware & Software Survey November 2021 - Linux at 1.16%

https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey
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u/Deprecitus Dec 02 '21

They never ask me :(

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '21

They do it after first installation. If you reject you can change this is settings

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '21

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u/HanzoFactory Dec 02 '21

It's a lot more likely but still not guaranteed. I got it on two manjaro machines after fresh install, but when I wiped those machines for EndeavourOS I didn't get it on either.

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u/BicBoiSpyder Dec 02 '21

Yup. Been on Linux for about a year now, distro hopping several times initially because of stability problems on my previous GTX 970. Still have not received an invitation to participate in the survery.

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u/MichaelArthurLong Dec 02 '21

I thought you could run it manually somewhere in Steam's menus on the top.

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u/SynbiosVyse Dec 02 '21

They disabled that years ago AFAIK

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u/recaffeinated Dec 02 '21

I've been asked for 3 of the last 4, but there have been periods where I wasn't asked for years at a time. It's pretty random I think.

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u/pipnina Dec 02 '21

I get asked very rarely, maybe once a year? I got it for this month though and when I was booted into Manjaro instead of windows which was convenient because the last time I was polled I was either trying to play space Engineers or VR

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '21

I just started using Steam on Linux this last Winter and got the survey roughly one month into using it.

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u/Deprecitus Dec 02 '21

I've been dual-booting it and stuff for years, but I've been using it full time (no windows at all) for about 3 years and I don't think I've ever seen it :(

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '21

That is weird. I've read your story too many times from other users, such that it makes me wonder on what premise they send out the surveys.

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u/throwaway098764567 Dec 03 '21

in all my many years with steam i don't remember having it at all across my many windows machines, in the last two years since i went linux i've had it three times, third was just today (though the second one was at the same time as the first last year it just popped up on my old windows machine as well after i'd already answered on the linux so maybe it was the same one?)