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Google Trends: "how to install linux" is going... viral?!

Google Trends: "how to install linux" is going... viral?!

Google Trends: "how to install linux" is going... viral?!

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Google Trends: "how to install linux" is going... viral?!

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Gentoo has announced it now has a presence on Codeberg, a non-profit, free European alternative to GitHub. (I hope all FOSS world will migrate to better alternatives as well)

Gentoo has announced it now has a presence on Codeberg, a non-profit, free European alternative to GitHub. (I hope all FOSS world will migrate to better alternatives as well)

What is the obsession with finding “gaming” distros?

What is the obsession with finding “gaming” distros?

Other than trying to find a distro that may have pre baked in driver support, I think people fret way too much about finding a perfect “gaming” distro. It’s not like all the people coming over from Microslops windows 11 are using it for its gaming centric focus.

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