Linux just gained another .13% usage, while Windows lost .23. Another win for Linux
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If you run Steam under Wine or variant under Linux which I assume many do, does that count as Windows or Linux?
I don't think I've seen anyone run Steam through Wine. What would be the reasons for that?
Oh, does it allow you on Linux to download all games with the native client? On the Mac that doesn’t work, so then I run it through Wine.
On Linux you can run native version of Steam, which then uses Wine (actually Proton, which is based on Wine) for running games. So Steam is not wrapped within Wine, but the games are (if needed/enabled)