It peaked at 4.05% in March. The last 2 months it went just below 4% as the Unknown category increased. For June the reverse happened, so 4.04% seems to be the real current share of Linux on Desktop as desktop clients were read properly/werent spoofed.

    • 737@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      16·
      3 days ago

      no, the statistics are based on browser agents, very few steam deck users browse the Internet on their devices. it’s also only half the Linux devices on steam, not of all Linux desktops

    • leopold@lemmy.kde.socialEnglish
      21·
      3 days ago

      Source? Last I checked, the Steam Deck was very much in the minority even when narrowed down to just desktop Linux.

    • istanbullu@lemmy.ml
      7·
      3 days ago

      In Steam maybe. But this is StatCounter which is website visits. I doubt many Deck users are browsing the web.

      • GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml
        11·
        3 days ago

        For some reason I think a lot of them (probably even more than half) have tried browsing the web or at least using the desktop mode at least once.

    • wischi@programming.dev
      153·
      3 days ago

      But that’s not really a Desktop is it? If we’d count mobile device we’d also have to include Android and then the situation would look completely different.

        • wischi@programming.dev
          1·
          3 days ago

          I could install a full fat kde on the entertainment system of a car - still wouldn’t call it a desktop PC.

      • thingsiplay@beehaw.org
        101·
        3 days ago

        Steam Deck is a desktop. It is exactly the same PC hardware and software you are using on your desktop PC. It runs the same games and is software compatible. Steam Deck is a desktop PC.

        Android has a different hardware (not x86 compatible), is focused on phones, its eco system of software is not compatible with PC and in reverse does not run your PC software. Android based smartphones are not a PC.

        • flux@lemmy.ml
          5·
          3 days ago

          But how many use it for browsing, which I imagine this data is from?

          • thingsiplay@beehaw.org
            1·
            3 days ago

            Valid point to be honest, but the answer is probably more than you think. I have a PC and still used the Steam Deck to browse the web too, not at least to install stuff. Also searching something while playing is useful too. Its made to be docked to bigger screen as well.

            While you are probably right, my point was its still a PC, because he compared it to Android. And why this is hugely different. His point was to exclude Steam Deck, because it is not a PC, just like we would exclude Android. This data from the stats probably does not make a difference if its a Steam Deck or not (nor can it tell it? because browsing is the same as on PC, its an Archlinux and regular browser after all). On the other side it can definitely tell if its Android and exclude it.

            So regardless if you think people browse the web with Steam Deck or not, this data should not be able to tell the difference between most distributions and Steam Deck, as its just a normal PC with Firefox (or other web browser) from the point of the stats. Just my assumption.

        • wischi@programming.dev
          1·
          3 days ago

          So your definition for “desktop” is if it’s an x86 compatible architecture? Seems pretty random to me. Btw, there are x86 android device. IMO a desktop is something on the top of a desk to do typical “office work”. PCs, Macs, Laptops, etc. but calling a SteamDeck game console “Desktop” is pretty dishonest I think.

          • thingsiplay@beehaw.org
            1·
            5 hours ago

            PC in the first place means x86 architecture. Desktop is the operating system, here a Linux desktop or Windows OS. Nothing random here. Steam Deck is a Desktop PC with form factor of a handheld. Just like any other Laptop is a Desktop PC in a notebook form factor. It runs, plays and uses the exact same hard and software as a Desktop PC. Calling Steam Deck PC not to be a Desktop is pretty dishonest. Also saying desktop PC must be on a desk for typical office work is random too.

            Also this is all about stats. Don’t forget, this is not your opinion or my opinion. I am speaking from the stats perspective, as the Firefox browser (or any other browser) is just a Desktop PC from the perspective of the stats.

            If you say I am pretty random and being dishonest, then first, you are discounting others opinions, secondly did not even understand the purpose of my reply. Maybe you should watch out your language next time before responding if you want further discussion. I hope my reply here made it crystal clear.

      • Bulletdust@lemmy.ml
        81·
        3 days ago

        Connect the Steam Deck to a compatible dock and you can quite easily use it as a desktop. At the end of the day, it’s still an x64 based PC that’s just handheld.

        • wischi@programming.dev
          1·
          3 days ago

          I’m not sure that’s really a good argument. I can connect an android smartphone to a monitor, keyboard and mouse and call it Desktop. It’s also just an arm64 or x64 based PC just handheld.

          A Desktop PC IMHO is a device that is used for everyday “office” work and neither android smartphones nor steamdecks are that - but laptops for example are (IMHO)

      • freebee@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        3 days ago

        It is. I use it as such regularly. Keyboard+mouse+screen = browsing firefox as usual. Works quite well. Libreoffice, okular, signal desktop… I’ve used worse computers in recent years, steamdeck desktop experience is better than many 4 to 5 year old cheap laptops with win10 or win11.