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Not really. Win 7/8 is <2% of Steam users.

Which is still larger than the percentage of Linux users.

Have you heard of steam deck? It runs linux.

FWIW, Steam survey has Win 7 64-bit at 1.43% of users, and Linux as 1.27% of users.

If those Windows users did switch over to Linux, it would have a significant impact on the % of Linux users. https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Softw...

Hopefully "Steam deck runs Linux" is enough to persuade people to try Linux.

Yes, and I even have one. Doesn't change the fact that Linux is the least popular supported OS.