To be fair, they are looking at distro numbers on ProtonDB. It’s not surprising that a distro made for and aimed at gamers is going to be popular in that context.
Yep, all I have ever seen from that website is articles making grand statements based on protondb statistics that don’t support them. At least now they have a list of disclaimers at the top that let you know reading the rest of the article is pointless.
Even their disclaimers are biased though like “This may not be completely representative of all Linux gamers either.”. Ooh, “may not be”, you don’t say… I would guesstimate that not even 20% of Linux gamers make reports on protondb.
Also, ignoring all the misuse and misunderstanding of statistics, who cares what distro is supposedly most popular. Use what works for you.
I mean, it’s currently also the most popular distribution on DistroWatch.com. I realize neither metric is perfect, notably because there’s no tracking in Linux as opposed to non-free OSs, but it shows it’s extremely popular and well-reviewed.
To be fair, they are looking at distro numbers on ProtonDB. It’s not surprising that a distro made for and aimed at gamers is going to be popular in that context.
Yep, all I have ever seen from that website is articles making grand statements based on protondb statistics that don’t support them. At least now they have a list of disclaimers at the top that let you know reading the rest of the article is pointless.
Even their disclaimers are biased though like “This may not be completely representative of all Linux gamers either.”. Ooh, “may not be”, you don’t say… I would guesstimate that not even 20% of Linux gamers make reports on protondb.
Also, ignoring all the misuse and misunderstanding of statistics, who cares what distro is supposedly most popular. Use what works for you.
I mean, it’s currently also the most popular distribution on DistroWatch.com. I realize neither metric is perfect, notably because there’s no tracking in Linux as opposed to non-free OSs, but it shows it’s extremely popular and well-reviewed.
True. There’s probably still a significant reporting bias, but it’s still notable.
So is MX Linux. I promise you that metric is useless since literally nobody ever talks about MX Linux except for its standing on distro watch