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Valve amended the Steam survey for December 2025 - Linux actually hit another all-time high
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this post was submitted on 06 Jan 2026
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🫡 Whoever caused this stat - I salute them!
These are people who do not tolerate any nonsense from their computer, but also aren't going to let anything get in the way of playing their games.
o7 right back atcha!
Debian since 1997, babes.
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I use CachyOS on my main rig but i have a home server with debian i also use to game on every now and again, it was a great experience (besides nvidia drivers ngl) i dont understand why people try to scare others away from gaming with it
Because using the latest drivers (and thus kernels) is important to play recent games, to get performance and bug fixes.
Debian usually ships an older LTS kernel (6.12 right now, while the latest stable Linux kernel is 6.18), so you might hit more bugs and performance issues in Debian than in a less conservative distro.
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I'm pretty sure I contributed to that stat. idk, I installed debian on my old laptop. super easy, FTL runs beautifully (I know it's not a demanding game but it's what I wanted to play at the time). The point is, the install was basically problem-free. boots faster than windows, much better user interface
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This is me.
and this guy!
Haha, are you guys doing anything fancy? I am not - everything works out of the box.
Fer Trixie, I did have to do something, but I don't remember what it was. maybe, newer firmware for wireless or something.
I bought a used convertable notebook you can open until it touches the back turning it into a "tablet". I really thought it will be a painful path to compatibility - but everything actually worked out of the box too, on-screen keyboard, rotation, disabling keyboard - everything.... I was baffled how far we've come over the last 30 years.
nice!
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that's me and my gf! we caused it!
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