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]barely anyone uses Linux at all The steam console runs Linux. Android runs a Linux.
by ungamedplayer 3y ago
]barely anyone uses Linux at all
The steam console runs Linux. Android runs a Linux.
- IshKebab 3y agoIt was clear from the context that he was talking about traditional Linux desktops with Gnome, KDE etc; not systems that happen to use the Linux kernel as a base but are otherwise completely different. (That's the case for Android at least; I'm not sure about the Steam Deck.) Android could swap out Linux for some other kernel (e.g. Fuchsia) relatively easily and users wouldn't notice. Google already did that with the Nest Hub.
- cesarb 3y ago> (That's the case for Android at least; I'm not sure about the Steam Deck.) AFAIK, the Steam Deck is a traditional Linux desktop (KDE), which automatically runs the Steam launcher (in full-screen Big Picture mode) by default (but you can easily exit it and go back to the normal desktop if you want).
- ungamedplayer 3y agoI would love to see another competitor, but fuchsia is not there yet. It is simpler for when you have minimal hardware, but phones are no longer minimal.
- jeroenhd 3y agoFair enough, Android has actual market share. It's rarely considered "Linux" in this context though. The Steam Deck is a device serving a few million in a market of billions. The Switch outsold the Deck ten to one, with the Switch being an old console and the Deck in its release year. Even with Steam Deck included in the survey, about 2% of Steam users (which is a subset of the gaming market) use Linux.