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jajuukayesterday at 8:30 PM2 repliesview on HN

This is a bit misleading. They have have achieved 1 million downloads of their new version that just released. The downloads coming from Windows machines is not definitive as many Linux users mask their user agent.

Not to mention I'm very skeptical that 780K Windows users just happened to discover a more obscure Linux distro suddenly and switched to it in October while Windows 10 is still supported. This is basically an ad for the OS.


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Jubijubyesterday at 9:49 PM

+1, I wonder how many will stick to it. The decision tree is pretty simple : - are all the devices / soft they use compatible with Linux ? - do they know enough about Linux to solve their problems ?

If no to either, they will pay for Win11

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snvzzyesterday at 9:50 PM

Agree. This is a publicity stunt for an irrelevant distro practically nobody even heard about before this.