▲ 931 ▼ Steam data reveals PC gamers shifting from Windows to Linux (www.tweaktown.com) submitted 1 year ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/linux@programming.dev 245 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Feyd@programming.dev 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kadup@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) I hate to say it, but it's literally PewDiePie recording a video and showing young gaming fans Linux and calling it "cool". That's it. The guy's got 110M subscribers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago Maybe. But so what? Pewdiepie wouldn't have made the video if windows didn't have serious problems, and if Linux wasn't an incredibly good kernel to build an OS on. That video highlighted that you don't have to be technical to use Linux, it's here, and it's ready for mass adoption. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kadup@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) I hate to say it, but it's literally PewDiePie recording a video and showing young gaming fans Linux and calling it "cool". That's it. The guy's got 110M subscribers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago Maybe. But so what? Pewdiepie wouldn't have made the video if windows didn't have serious problems, and if Linux wasn't an incredibly good kernel to build an OS on. That video highlighted that you don't have to be technical to use Linux, it's here, and it's ready for mass adoption. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago Maybe. But so what? Pewdiepie wouldn't have made the video if windows didn't have serious problems, and if Linux wasn't an incredibly good kernel to build an OS on. That video highlighted that you don't have to be technical to use Linux, it's here, and it's ready for mass adoption. permalink fedilink source parent