All fields expanded, very long screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/steam-hardware-software-survey-linux-september-2025-azOM8GS

Note, the source will change every month. That’s why I made a screenshot, so the discussion in this thread makes sense in the future. Source: https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/?platform=linux

Linux Mint 22.2 64 bit got +3.34% from previously 0%, while Linux Mint 22.1 64 bit lost -2.71%. So the rest of the 0.65% are either new users or upgraders from even older Linux Mint versions. Whatever the reason is, these two entries should have been a single one as Linux Mint 22 with 8.84%.

Also what is the category “Other”? It’s almost 20% big, so this is not something to wave over. Bazzite got a good start, hopefully it will grow further. I’m surprised that CachyOS is this popular, much more than Ubuntu and Bazzite.

  • renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.netEnglish
    10·
    3 days ago

    Initial thoughts:

    • Cosmic was released recently, so the Pop!OS bump makes sense. I suspect those Bazzite and Mint rises are Windows users switching over due to 11 being ass.
    • I can’t imagine installing Steam on 4GB of RAM or less! Lol what are those people doing?
    • Intel share rising is really weird as it doesn’t reflect recent news at all.
    • I’m surprised to see 1080p going up. I wonder if this is due to people with older hardware being kicked out of Windows. I’ve noticed 1440p being the new baseline for gaming monitors.
    • thingsiplay@beehaw.orgOP
      7·
      3 days ago

      Hmm, there are lot of old laptops that still can play older or indie games, even with 4GB. An optimized Linux system for low hardware might work. Maybe they don’t even play, and its just there to farm. I can imagine laptop farmers to get these Steam cards or to trade something, who knows what. Just speculation off course.

      1080p going up maybe because rise of handhelds? Looking closer, its just going up +0.02%, which could be just statistical noise as different people were surveyed. Actually instead 800p and 1200p are going up, even 768p, which are typical handheld and laptop resolutions. And 1440p, which is the swee spot on desktop PC for quite some time now.

      About the Intel share, don’t forget that this survey is from last month (September) and the news are relatively new.

    • CaptainBasculin@lemmy.bascul.in
      1·
      3 days ago

      No, Pop OS 22.04 bump does not really make sense just looking at COSMIC. If anything I was expecting a shift towards 24.04, since that’s where COSMIC beta is released.