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Linux hits exactly 2% user share on the October 2024 Steam Survey (www.gamingonlinux.com)
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[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

How do I take the survey? I never seem to get the popup.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Random users are asked each month. If you get chosen you'll get a popup in the Steam client asking if you'd like to participate.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Yep! And it's per account. Both of my Linux machines are in this months data!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Weird that it'd be random when they could just ask every user. Would give a more accurate breakdown on certain categories.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

That might bias the results towards gaming cafes and people building test machines. Cases where an account is used but a single snapshot doesn't necessarily reflect what they normally use or that would capture the same machine multiple times.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I think Steam automatically uploads your hardware and software spec

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

(Only certain users, and only if you consent)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Ok, so a blue username normally means OP, a green one means mod. What the heck is a red username?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Instance admin.