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Linux reaches new peak of 2.69% in Steam Hardware & Software Survey: May 2025 (lemmy.ml)
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[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 weeks ago (18 children)

Man, if only Linux would be adopted by the masses for gaming...

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Android uses the Linux kernel but none of the familiar "Linux" stack: GNU, X or Wayland, GTK or Qt, GNOME or KDE or other DEs, PulseAudio or PipeWire, APT or YUM or other package managers, and many others that define the Linux experience. Google could replace the Linux kernel with something else tomorrow without touching the rest of Android and most users won't tell, and many apps will run as-is.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Isn't that why pedants call it "GNU/Linux" for those? Lol. (I was being facetious btw, I would marry GNU/Linux if I could.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, there are even some distros that use the Hurd kernel instead of Linux.

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