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The amount of stuff i read about it ,i'd thought 30 Million! Lot of noise about it out there.
I too was surprise to read the actual number being so low considering how much it's talked about. I never really saw the appeal as steam is pretty easy to get set up and running on any mainstream Linux distro with little fuss, but I recognize it was set up for newbies who want an gaming ready experience. It's an interesting project regardless.
i'd think 30k is a lot for a 2-year-old OS, but i know very little