I'm on Fedora and I always use the flatpak version of steam, which is listed as 4th. If you redistributed the flatpaks to the actual distro, I wouldn't be surprised if Fedora was in the top 10. Probably above CachyOS. Fedora encompasses all the immutable child distros like Silverblue, Kiniote, and Bazzite.

To your first point, it's not even so much the tariffs; it's the threat to our Canadian sovereignty. A lot of Americans see it as a joke, but a president shouldn't be talking about their allies like that. We don't really expect better from that waste of skin, but the lack of a response from the average American about this specifically is a slap in the face from our closest allies.

I think most of us have experience of the concept of something being said ironically, as a joke, at first but then being increasingly serious. It's like magic really does exist and if you say words often enough they start affecting reality, like a spell. Freedom of speech is a right but it's also a profound responsibility.

I installed Bazzite earlier this year and it's working great for me!

My dad installed Steam OS on one of his secondary PC's not too long ago.

There always seems to be some sort of controversy going on about the devs' behavior from an ethical perspective.

The only controversy I've heard of was Manjaro forgetting to renew an SSL license a while back (probably 2 years ago by now), I wasn't aware there had been other issues.

I’ve been considering doing the same recently for the reasons you listed but I’m fairly technologically stunted. How did the process go for you? How smooth was the transition? I’m fed up with windows and need a change but I’m not tech savvy at all.

I use Linux Mint Cinnamon and the installation process was exceptionally easy and the desktop environment is very straightforward.

You might want to try to install Linux on like an old laptop or something first just to get the hang of it. I installed it on my main desktop first and it went well, but now all my computers run it.

I switched over about 2 months ago after I couldn't get an older game to play after a windows update and kinda just rage quit Windows. It was building for a while, but in the end it was just a little thing that brought it tumbling down. Game worked perfectly fine with proton without any problems or tinkering. I've only had trouble getting a couple games working, and neither are big deal breakers.

There was also an issue with a dev wanting to use donation money to buy a gaming laptop. That rubbed some people the wrong way.

To add on to this, if you don't have an old PC/laptop around, you can also try out practically any Linux distribution in a VM! Tools like virtual box are quite easy to setup.

You can also run most distributions on a live USB without it actually modifying your system, and can give you a better idea about hardware compatibility.

As a liberal in most ways (except on guns), and as a pro 2nd Amendment LGBT American, I'm sorry.

Many of us have "evil fatigue" and "ignorance fatigue" and are just exhausted from how many people in our country are total shitheads.

The list of people for me to apologize to:
-dead people in Gaza
-alive people in Gaza
-all Latinos
-all transgender people
-Canada
-all scientists
-intellectuals at Harvard
-Ukrainians
-Women who were killed due to abortion policies
-Anyone in a country killed due to a sudden lack of aid without much warning to even prepare

As a mostly liberal American, I just don't know where to begin. I also think bad environmental policies are going to destroy the planet, and when I look at conservative middle America and how intolerant and racist their values are, I am sort of like "well, maybe total planetary extinction isn't that bad"

I just don't know if I could change it at this point, if there's anything I could do.

The constant horror of the policies being enacted in this country is so terrible, that it's hard to really continue to say "sorry, we don't all believe this!" Some people protest, some don't, but really many liberals are also just treading water psychologically. It's quite possible that the fatigue being felt is being intentionally induced.

There may be a way to get past the fatigue, but it's being combined with financial stress, and for me, apologizing to Canada, standing up for Canada, is just not on the top of the list.

I really do not see what is happening as a conservative revolution. I see this as the self-centered wealthy class realizing they can exploit white trash and technology to destroy the middle class and create a permanent underclass and them. I do not think JD Vance Trump Thiel etc are actually religious, I think it is this final push towards neofeudalism.

It feels like it will unfortunately lead to either communism/socialism or neofeudalism, that there isn't a middle groud.

The neo-feudalists have made a bet: the white trash class is so numerous and so hateful towards transgenders and Latinos and "the other," that they can simultaneously eliminate many jobs using tech, reduce social services for poverty, and create a new Chinese-style of quasi-authoritarianism in America based on technology ans biometric information... And they can do this as long as they distract the white trash class with tricks and diversions: oh! Look! Mexican criminals! Look over here! Oh no! Transgenders in bathrooms! Look over there!

And so far, the magicians seem to be right. The yokel white trash of middle America, well over 60 percent of the country, is too stupid to realize they are being tricked by a magician.

So, many middle class people, and lower middle class people, especially technological enthusiasts, see what is happening. But what now? I'm exhausted. I do not know how to reason with idiots. I am just trying to brace myself for impact.

I just built a new machine, for a time I'll try some Steam on Linux. For the latest version of Ubuntu and an Intel 570. No idea what I'm doing, lol. (Normally just use Linux server).

Thanks for this, I’ll look into it. I don’t have easy access to an old laptop right now, so I’ll have to do one of the options you mentioned. I think I’ll look into the USB option first and see if it’s something I can figure out. If not then I’ll try the virtual machine. I appreciate the added info.

It's simply reflective of how Steam publishes those numbers on its own platform. For some reason, Fedora isn't explicitly accounted for while it's very likely to possess a huge chunk of the "Other" category.

To illustrate this point, we'll look at Boiling Steam's latest report. It uses ProtonDB's data to give us (possible) insight on what's found within "Other" (that accounts for 23.27%). Before I delve further, it has to be said that ProtonDB's data contrasts Steam's in significant ways. It's not a huge departure, but one definitely notices a slight discrepancy between the numbers.

FWIW, as per Boiling Steam's report, we find the following numbers for Fedora (and related derivatives):

• Fedora - 8.7%
• Nobara - 5.2%
• Bazzite - 4.5%

Which (together) amounts to 18.4%.

If we would scale this down, as Boiling Steam's report doesn't include SteamOS Holo^[I'll assume its share is 30.95% based on Steam's own numbers.], we'd get:

• Fedora - 6%
• Nobara - 3.6%
• Bazzite - 3.1%

Totaling to 12.7% this time. And thus, it('s at least likely to) constitute the majority of the "Other" category.

Obligatory insert Manjarno.

Just don't install Steam with snap. Many have had issues in the past with it. Either flatpak or grabbing the deb file from Steam

Steam deck isn't just support for linux, it's also a fully fledged portable PC. Perfect for those who don't want to upgrade (#2) and those who want to play desktop games without messing with a desktop setup.

it's easier to get games working on Linux then it is to get them working on Mac thanks to the new and amazing Apple Silicon

Yeah I agree, snap sucks big time. It's so sad that Ubuntu decided to go all in on that shit