https://github.com/ublue-os/countme/blob/main/growth_global.svg

Graphs can be found here on their github. Since around mid November the active user count for Bazzite has gone up by around 16k active users.

Personally, my only wish for Bazzite is a Cosmic version 👼 I tried it out recently and it seems fairly impressive

  • Victor@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I guess we have different use cases is all. People who primarily use their computers for gaming.

    My PC is:

    1. My media server
    2. My workstation when WFH
    3. My entertainment center if the TV is busy
    4. My gaming PC
    5. My hobby development PC

    (In no particular order.)

    • EldritchFemininity@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      3 hours ago

      I think a lot of people are basically looking for “Windows but not Microsoft/Windows”. So it’s their gaming PC where they also browse the internet/social media and watch YouTube or Twitch (sometimes at the same time that they’re gaming), and maybe do some other ancillary stuff like art (digital art, 3d rendering, music, video or photo editing, etc.) or some other hobby related stuff.

      So Bazzite is kinda at the center of this perfect storm where plenty of PC gamers have seen the SteamOS/Big Picture mode and gone, “If I could use SteamOS as a traditional desktop, I would in a heartbeat” while Microsoft is also fumbling harder than they ever have - which is saying a lot - and Linux is the easiest to get up and running that it’s ever been - to the point where immutable distros are as plug and play as Windows. Then Bazzite comes along and says, “Hey, SteamOS isn’t desktop comparable yet, so we went and made it ourselves (with blackjack, and hookers).”