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Year of Linux on the Desktop
(lemmy.world)
2024 is the Year of Linux on the Desktop, at least for my boyfriend. He's running Windows 7 right now, so I'll be switching him to Ubuntu in a few days. Ubuntu was chosen because Proton is officially supported in Ubuntu.
To be fair, steam reports less than 1% of users using windows 7. It's not as big as we think.
Did that report include in the third world?
Yes, these are global stats, but as someone from the third world myself, I can say that most gamers around here resort to piracy, even though steam has gained a lot of popularity, so, only a fraction of us are included in the steam statistics, which would make such data not very representative.
Perhaps a better source for understanding software usage in the third world is data from statcounter. They show something around 3 to 5%, a much higher number. However, even this data can be biased, because they only count machines connected to the internet and who browse certain sites.
And since not all users get the survey I imagine even this isn't as accurate as it could be - I would guess at least.
In that case steam doesn't need to send the survey to all users, but only to a randomized sample, and it will statistically represent the whole of steam users.
Can't they just automatically collect this data if the user gives permission?
Good question, almost all of my country's government PCs are still running Windows 7.
I don't think they have steam installed on them.
You'd be surprised... 😂
I imagine governments are paying for the ESU packs if they're still on Win7
That’s cool. I imagine I’m a billionaire.
hahahaha maybe in the US or Europe. Not here, lmao, luckily they are being maintained.
Yes... It's anyone internet connected with steam, ie the people who this will affect
But steam has > 100 million active users. Even if it is less than 1%, it still is a huge number