this is awesome news, I hope that this also ends up reviving the ut:xmp mod. as much as I played ut2004 back in the day (I loved the various RPG mods), I played u2:xmp more and miss it a lot. the ut2004 is not exactly the same, but would be great to see.

2.3 percentage points of growth is not all that small when talking about steam’s user base I think. and his point about acceleration is interesting, we might still be in the early phases of an s-curve.

personally though, as a 20-year Linux user I’m already gobsmacked by the number of new users and mainstream discussion around linux. if we never crack 5% that will already be more users than I ever thought Linux would get

I’ve been dual booting for ages without any windows-caused issues. is it windows 11 specifically that messes with dual booting or did I accidentally work around it by installing Linux to a separate ssd

yes! I’ve been steadily adding the small businesses in my neighbourhood