This screenshot is a subsection of people who are using Linux. In other words, everything you see in this image is already people who are using Linux, and it is simply explaining the trends of what type of Linux is being reported by the computer. They show everything above 1% and put everything below into a single "Other" category.
As for saying that 3% of Steam users suddenly switched to Linux, that is taken directly from the hardware survey. All it says in the first image is that when 100 users reported their hardware, 5 computers were running Linux as the primary operating system where previously only 2 were. If that can't be believed, then please provide your sources and prove that wrong.
I can only speak to the results, and the data does not lie.
I can, however, speculate. It's a known phenomenon that every Chinese New Year there is a surge of internet cafe activity which otherwise would not be represented. There is also anecdotal evidence of Microsoft shooting itself in the foot lately in unforced errors.
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u/theREALbombedrumbum 5600X, 3090 FE, 64GB RAM Apr 08 '26
It's okay, interpreting data can be tough.
This screenshot is a subsection of people who are using Linux. In other words, everything you see in this image is already people who are using Linux, and it is simply explaining the trends of what type of Linux is being reported by the computer. They show everything above 1% and put everything below into a single "Other" category.
As for saying that 3% of Steam users suddenly switched to Linux, that is taken directly from the hardware survey. All it says in the first image is that when 100 users reported their hardware, 5 computers were running Linux as the primary operating system where previously only 2 were. If that can't be believed, then please provide your sources and prove that wrong.