[TriLUG] Steam says that two percent of its users are now on Linux

Brandon Van Every bvanevery at gmail.com
Wed Mar 6 17:21:32 EST 2013


And now we can also start worrying about Linux fragmenting into different
game developer targets.  "Ubuntu Announces Mir, A X.Org/Wayland Replacement"
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTMxNzI


Cheers,
Brandon Van Every


On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 5:09 PM, Ivan Panarusky <panaruskyi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Do not forget they had a promotional item for one of their games. They did
> the same thing for the Mac release of steam and that item is worth quite a
> bit.
> On Mar 6, 2013 5:07 PM, "Brandon Van Every" <bvanevery at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > It's not huge, it's 2%.  Based on pent up demand.  If it *continues* to
> > grow over the coming year, that would be a good sign.
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Brandon Van Every
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 3:37 PM, Mike Shaw <mdshaw89 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > The below seems interesting to me in that now Linux, not just Android,
> > has
> > > a foot-hold with a MAJOR game distributor.  For those of us who
> remember
> > > the Loki days this is HUGE!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.tweaktown.com/news/28896/steam-says-that-two-percent-of-its-users-are-now-on-linux/index.html
> > >
> > > l8r,
> > >
> > > Mike
> > > ---
> > > What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without
> evidence.
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