From my personal experience here in the forums I think there are many Linux users here on GOG and the Add Linux versions of games is in the top 5 of the "most voted (ever)" features in the community wishlist. But I'm very curious and I want to know the real numbers. What is the estimated percentage of users who use Linux (Linux only or shared with Windows)? And how many use Linux as their unique OS?

I'm sure GOG have numbers for this, I'd like GOG to share them. What do you think of this?

I'd be interested in seeing those numbers!

My own estimation is a solid 80% of GOG users have at least tried Linux at some point. And probably 50% ish use it daily.

16,640 Linux users is not a lot compared to the hundreds of millions of Windows users.

Right now there are 1.4 billion PC's with Windows installed.

On Steam alone according to Steam's hardware survey 1 million PC gamers use Linux in that 1%.

There are not even 20 million Linux users world wide.

I'm sorry Linux users if you think Linux will rise in market share you are wrong.

Android is about the only Linux based that will have high market share for smart phones.

I'm not too worried about market shares...Linux is free...

That is such an unrealistic expectation... lol, now I'd love to compare it to the real numbers as well.

Free in my view equals freeloader.

I like to pay for the products I use because I know people worked hard to develop the product or manufacture the product and they need to get paid to be able to feed themselves, their families, and pay the bills and have a roof over their head.

I turn away from anything that is free. I don't even participate in the free video games gog.com gives away sometimes and I do not participate in the givaways. I purchase everything.

I quite doubt we're that common. I certainly wouldn't put daily users above 10%, if even that. Do remember that even active forum users represent a fairly small portion of the total customer base.

Hmmm. That's an interesting view. Can't say I agree with it, but to each his own.

Also, if you'd like to try Linux but want to pay for it, you definitely can. Most Linux distros are run on donations, and many people who enjoy using Linux donate to show their appreciation. I'm sure any developer would be very happy to have you donate to them!

As a developer myself who has poured many hours into some of the projects I'm a part of, I do it because I enjoy it. If someone wanted to pay me, I'd definitely accept it, but I enjoy the development I do. It's my hobby. I think a lot of open source developers are the same way. They don't do it for the money, they do it for the love of coding. Ah, good point! My numbers were based on active forum users, not total customer base.

Free in my view has nothing to do with money. As a windows fan boy, you won't be able to understand that.

Actually, I would be surprised if even regular forum users were more than 10% of GOG's customers.

Why limit yourself? I say 98% of GOG use Linux regularly, and 50% have written their own kernel code.

LOL! Thanks for the laugh! +1

With the popularity of Android, it is nice to see more Linux-based games out there. Since GOG already has an open source game like Warsow, I'm surprised we haven't seen more games like Kobo Deluxe on here.

Personally, I switched to Linux but came back to windows because gaming. With all the new gaming oportunities in Linux lately, I decided I'll go back to linux with my next computer (next year)

I'm not that hung up on the actual numbers. If you ask me, they seem to have been steadily growing over the years, which is nice to see (at least based on the number of Linux-aware posts on the forums). At least now people that are having issues with the Linux version of games can talk things out.

Ah, and let's not turn this into yet another Windows vs Linux flame(thrower) war please.