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[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 38 points 2 years ago (5 children) Anyone using Ubuntu permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) I use Ubuntu. Downvotes to the right mocking laughs to my face. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pantherina@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago Ubuntu may be good at being semi-stable. Just run unsnap and experience actually secure apps. Did you know that Snaps are only sandboxed on Ubuntu with Apparmor? This makes them more versatile than Flatpaks using Bubblewrap (the whole system is sandboxed like that) but will break all sandboxing if systems dont use Apparmor, or dont include all patches. permalink fedilink source parent [–] fluckx@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago But not voluntarily. Since it's.integrated with apt you randomly get snap garbage installed instead. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago Before the current itteration of my homelab I used Ubuntu. Never used snap tho. permalink fedilink source parent [–] okamiueru@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Last I used Ubuntu, removing snap was a one time thing that took 5 minutes, of which 4 of them was looking for my notes from the time before. I ditched Ubuntu, but it wasn't because of snap. Maybe this has changed in the last 3 years? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KISSmyOS@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago Yes. Now if you use apt to install Firefox or Thunderbird, it will reinstall snap and install the snap versions of those programs. If you blacklist snap, it'll throw an error when you try to install Firefox or Thunderbird cause it can't resolve their "dependencies". You'll have to install those programs from outside of Ubuntu's repositories, and the list of affected programs is growing. Ubuntu's stated goal is to eventually use snap for all userland apps. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hexagon@feddit.it 1 point 2 years ago (8 children) People still use Ubuntu? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 13 child comments replies: [–] embed_me@programming.dev 63 points 2 years ago* (1 child) One of the top most used distros probably permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] echo64@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago (9 children) This thread is a good example of just how circlejerky and bubble like lemmy has become. You are correct. Outside of the hard-core users and tech nerds, Ubuntu is massively popular. But you listen to this community, and you'd think the opposite. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 11 child comments replies: [–] shirro@aussie.zone 6 points 2 years ago Most of us do live in bubbles (not exclusive to lemmy or tech nerds). I first picked up Ubuntu in 2004. It was a massive leap forward at the time as Gnome was moving a lot faster than Debian stable and I was running Sid to keep up. I am genuinely surprised everytime I learn Ubuntu is still "popular" as they have made so many NIH misteps over the years (mir,upstart,unity,snap) and frustrated their users. I moved back to Debian years ago for server/dev as Ubuntu re-packaging wasn't adding any value and once I was on another distro for desktop I lost all interest. Ubuntu started off with some amazing community building. It felt more like a peoples distro than Canonicals for a time. I felt more invested in it in those days so I can relate to Ubuntu users but I also understand some of the criticism aimed at Canonical and their choices. permalink fedilink source parent [–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago True. I've always felt more at home in Ubuntu and its derivatives. Debian is quite nice too. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (7 replies) [–] Shamot@jlai.lu 18 points 2 years ago (24 children) Like Windows, Ubuntu is installed by default on many computers. In my university, all the computers have a dual boot Ubuntu Windows. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 25 child comments replies: [–] Pantherina@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago Haha in mine they have Ubuntu stickers on them but no Ubuntu to be found. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (23 replies) [–] Sheldan@mander.xyz 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) I do permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 3 points 2 years ago (4 children) why? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] afterthoughts@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Still in the process of moving my server from Ubuntu to Debian. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pantherina@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago* That should be possible by changing the repos, shouldnt it? I will try this in a VM. Downgrading will be harder than rebasing from Ubuntu LTS to Debian Sid for example. But at the same time I imagine its easier to downgrade from Sid to Stable on the same Distro. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sheldan@mander.xyz 6 points 2 years ago It works for me, and my tinkering times are behind me. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dandroid@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (15 children) Not the person you are replying to, but my server is on Ubuntu. It was the distro my work used and it was probably the only distro I had heard of at the time I set up my server. At this point I run so much shit that can never go down on my server that I will never consider touching the distro ever. Plus, who cares? It's a server. I don't interact with the distro. I only ssh in, run services through containers, and add port forwards. Every distro is identical for that stuff. I even prefer old kernel and package versions for ultra stability, as my server can never go down. Sure, Debian would be the same, but why touch it now? That's just asking for headache. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 15 child comments load more comments (15 replies) [–] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 years ago I use it because a class wanted me to either use it in a VM or use WSL but WSL didn't work and I figured it was easier to set up a dual boot than setting up a VM since I've installed Linux quite a few times. permalink fedilink source parent [–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 10 points 2 years ago Yes, just not the people who hang out on Linux communities on federated social media. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FutileRecipe@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) People still use Ubuntu? They're currently number 6 on DistroWatch's Last 6 Months. So people are at least still interested in it. The DistroWatch Page Hit Ranking statistics are a light-hearted way of measuring interest in Linux distributions and other free operating systems among the visitors of this website. They correlate neither to usage nor to quality and should not be used to measure the market share of distributions. They simply show the number of times a distribution page on DistroWatch was accessed each day, nothing more. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago They simply show the number of times a distribution page on DistroWatch was accessed each day, nothing more. Which can be manipulated by scripting or setting the browser's home page to the DistroWatch page of a distribution. No way in hell is MX Linux actually popular. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Pantherina@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago DistroWatch is extremely weird. Who actually uses MXLinux and all these obscure Distros? permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (3 replies)
[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) I use Ubuntu. Downvotes to the right mocking laughs to my face. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pantherina@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago Ubuntu may be good at being semi-stable. Just run unsnap and experience actually secure apps. Did you know that Snaps are only sandboxed on Ubuntu with Apparmor? This makes them more versatile than Flatpaks using Bubblewrap (the whole system is sandboxed like that) but will break all sandboxing if systems dont use Apparmor, or dont include all patches. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago Ubuntu may be good at being semi-stable. Just run unsnap and experience actually secure apps. Did you know that Snaps are only sandboxed on Ubuntu with Apparmor? This makes them more versatile than Flatpaks using Bubblewrap (the whole system is sandboxed like that) but will break all sandboxing if systems dont use Apparmor, or dont include all patches. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fluckx@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago But not voluntarily. Since it's.integrated with apt you randomly get snap garbage installed instead. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago Before the current itteration of my homelab I used Ubuntu. Never used snap tho. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] okamiueru@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Last I used Ubuntu, removing snap was a one time thing that took 5 minutes, of which 4 of them was looking for my notes from the time before. I ditched Ubuntu, but it wasn't because of snap. Maybe this has changed in the last 3 years? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KISSmyOS@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago Yes. Now if you use apt to install Firefox or Thunderbird, it will reinstall snap and install the snap versions of those programs. If you blacklist snap, it'll throw an error when you try to install Firefox or Thunderbird cause it can't resolve their "dependencies". You'll have to install those programs from outside of Ubuntu's repositories, and the list of affected programs is growing. Ubuntu's stated goal is to eventually use snap for all userland apps. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KISSmyOS@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago Yes. Now if you use apt to install Firefox or Thunderbird, it will reinstall snap and install the snap versions of those programs. If you blacklist snap, it'll throw an error when you try to install Firefox or Thunderbird cause it can't resolve their "dependencies". You'll have to install those programs from outside of Ubuntu's repositories, and the list of affected programs is growing. Ubuntu's stated goal is to eventually use snap for all userland apps. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hexagon@feddit.it 1 point 2 years ago (8 children) People still use Ubuntu? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 13 child comments replies: [–] embed_me@programming.dev 63 points 2 years ago* (1 child) One of the top most used distros probably permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] echo64@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago (9 children) This thread is a good example of just how circlejerky and bubble like lemmy has become. You are correct. Outside of the hard-core users and tech nerds, Ubuntu is massively popular. But you listen to this community, and you'd think the opposite. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 11 child comments replies: [–] shirro@aussie.zone 6 points 2 years ago Most of us do live in bubbles (not exclusive to lemmy or tech nerds). I first picked up Ubuntu in 2004. It was a massive leap forward at the time as Gnome was moving a lot faster than Debian stable and I was running Sid to keep up. I am genuinely surprised everytime I learn Ubuntu is still "popular" as they have made so many NIH misteps over the years (mir,upstart,unity,snap) and frustrated their users. I moved back to Debian years ago for server/dev as Ubuntu re-packaging wasn't adding any value and once I was on another distro for desktop I lost all interest. Ubuntu started off with some amazing community building. It felt more like a peoples distro than Canonicals for a time. I felt more invested in it in those days so I can relate to Ubuntu users but I also understand some of the criticism aimed at Canonical and their choices. permalink fedilink source parent [–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago True. I've always felt more at home in Ubuntu and its derivatives. Debian is quite nice too. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (7 replies) [–] Shamot@jlai.lu 18 points 2 years ago (24 children) Like Windows, Ubuntu is installed by default on many computers. In my university, all the computers have a dual boot Ubuntu Windows. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 25 child comments replies: [–] Pantherina@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago Haha in mine they have Ubuntu stickers on them but no Ubuntu to be found. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (23 replies) [–] Sheldan@mander.xyz 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) I do permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 3 points 2 years ago (4 children) why? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] afterthoughts@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Still in the process of moving my server from Ubuntu to Debian. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pantherina@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago* That should be possible by changing the repos, shouldnt it? I will try this in a VM. Downgrading will be harder than rebasing from Ubuntu LTS to Debian Sid for example. But at the same time I imagine its easier to downgrade from Sid to Stable on the same Distro. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sheldan@mander.xyz 6 points 2 years ago It works for me, and my tinkering times are behind me. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dandroid@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (15 children) Not the person you are replying to, but my server is on Ubuntu. It was the distro my work used and it was probably the only distro I had heard of at the time I set up my server. At this point I run so much shit that can never go down on my server that I will never consider touching the distro ever. Plus, who cares? It's a server. I don't interact with the distro. I only ssh in, run services through containers, and add port forwards. Every distro is identical for that stuff. I even prefer old kernel and package versions for ultra stability, as my server can never go down. Sure, Debian would be the same, but why touch it now? That's just asking for headache. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 15 child comments load more comments (15 replies) [–] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 years ago I use it because a class wanted me to either use it in a VM or use WSL but WSL didn't work and I figured it was easier to set up a dual boot than setting up a VM since I've installed Linux quite a few times. permalink fedilink source parent [–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 10 points 2 years ago Yes, just not the people who hang out on Linux communities on federated social media. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FutileRecipe@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) People still use Ubuntu? They're currently number 6 on DistroWatch's Last 6 Months. So people are at least still interested in it. The DistroWatch Page Hit Ranking statistics are a light-hearted way of measuring interest in Linux distributions and other free operating systems among the visitors of this website. They correlate neither to usage nor to quality and should not be used to measure the market share of distributions. They simply show the number of times a distribution page on DistroWatch was accessed each day, nothing more. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago They simply show the number of times a distribution page on DistroWatch was accessed each day, nothing more. Which can be manipulated by scripting or setting the browser's home page to the DistroWatch page of a distribution. No way in hell is MX Linux actually popular. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Pantherina@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago DistroWatch is extremely weird. Who actually uses MXLinux and all these obscure Distros? permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (3 replies)
[–] embed_me@programming.dev 63 points 2 years ago* (1 child) One of the top most used distros probably permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] echo64@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago (9 children) This thread is a good example of just how circlejerky and bubble like lemmy has become. You are correct. Outside of the hard-core users and tech nerds, Ubuntu is massively popular. But you listen to this community, and you'd think the opposite. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 11 child comments replies: [–] shirro@aussie.zone 6 points 2 years ago Most of us do live in bubbles (not exclusive to lemmy or tech nerds). I first picked up Ubuntu in 2004. It was a massive leap forward at the time as Gnome was moving a lot faster than Debian stable and I was running Sid to keep up. I am genuinely surprised everytime I learn Ubuntu is still "popular" as they have made so many NIH misteps over the years (mir,upstart,unity,snap) and frustrated their users. I moved back to Debian years ago for server/dev as Ubuntu re-packaging wasn't adding any value and once I was on another distro for desktop I lost all interest. Ubuntu started off with some amazing community building. It felt more like a peoples distro than Canonicals for a time. I felt more invested in it in those days so I can relate to Ubuntu users but I also understand some of the criticism aimed at Canonical and their choices. permalink fedilink source parent [–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago True. I've always felt more at home in Ubuntu and its derivatives. Debian is quite nice too. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (7 replies)
[–] echo64@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago (9 children) This thread is a good example of just how circlejerky and bubble like lemmy has become. You are correct. Outside of the hard-core users and tech nerds, Ubuntu is massively popular. But you listen to this community, and you'd think the opposite. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 11 child comments replies: [–] shirro@aussie.zone 6 points 2 years ago Most of us do live in bubbles (not exclusive to lemmy or tech nerds). I first picked up Ubuntu in 2004. It was a massive leap forward at the time as Gnome was moving a lot faster than Debian stable and I was running Sid to keep up. I am genuinely surprised everytime I learn Ubuntu is still "popular" as they have made so many NIH misteps over the years (mir,upstart,unity,snap) and frustrated their users. I moved back to Debian years ago for server/dev as Ubuntu re-packaging wasn't adding any value and once I was on another distro for desktop I lost all interest. Ubuntu started off with some amazing community building. It felt more like a peoples distro than Canonicals for a time. I felt more invested in it in those days so I can relate to Ubuntu users but I also understand some of the criticism aimed at Canonical and their choices. permalink fedilink source parent [–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago True. I've always felt more at home in Ubuntu and its derivatives. Debian is quite nice too. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (7 replies)
[–] shirro@aussie.zone 6 points 2 years ago Most of us do live in bubbles (not exclusive to lemmy or tech nerds). I first picked up Ubuntu in 2004. It was a massive leap forward at the time as Gnome was moving a lot faster than Debian stable and I was running Sid to keep up. I am genuinely surprised everytime I learn Ubuntu is still "popular" as they have made so many NIH misteps over the years (mir,upstart,unity,snap) and frustrated their users. I moved back to Debian years ago for server/dev as Ubuntu re-packaging wasn't adding any value and once I was on another distro for desktop I lost all interest. Ubuntu started off with some amazing community building. It felt more like a peoples distro than Canonicals for a time. I felt more invested in it in those days so I can relate to Ubuntu users but I also understand some of the criticism aimed at Canonical and their choices. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago True. I've always felt more at home in Ubuntu and its derivatives. Debian is quite nice too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Shamot@jlai.lu 18 points 2 years ago (24 children) Like Windows, Ubuntu is installed by default on many computers. In my university, all the computers have a dual boot Ubuntu Windows. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 25 child comments replies: [–] Pantherina@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago Haha in mine they have Ubuntu stickers on them but no Ubuntu to be found. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (23 replies)
[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago Haha in mine they have Ubuntu stickers on them but no Ubuntu to be found. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sheldan@mander.xyz 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) I do permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 3 points 2 years ago (4 children) why? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] afterthoughts@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Still in the process of moving my server from Ubuntu to Debian. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pantherina@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago* That should be possible by changing the repos, shouldnt it? I will try this in a VM. Downgrading will be harder than rebasing from Ubuntu LTS to Debian Sid for example. But at the same time I imagine its easier to downgrade from Sid to Stable on the same Distro. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sheldan@mander.xyz 6 points 2 years ago It works for me, and my tinkering times are behind me. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dandroid@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (15 children) Not the person you are replying to, but my server is on Ubuntu. It was the distro my work used and it was probably the only distro I had heard of at the time I set up my server. At this point I run so much shit that can never go down on my server that I will never consider touching the distro ever. Plus, who cares? It's a server. I don't interact with the distro. I only ssh in, run services through containers, and add port forwards. Every distro is identical for that stuff. I even prefer old kernel and package versions for ultra stability, as my server can never go down. Sure, Debian would be the same, but why touch it now? That's just asking for headache. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 15 child comments load more comments (15 replies) [–] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 years ago I use it because a class wanted me to either use it in a VM or use WSL but WSL didn't work and I figured it was easier to set up a dual boot than setting up a VM since I've installed Linux quite a few times. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 3 points 2 years ago (4 children) why? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] afterthoughts@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Still in the process of moving my server from Ubuntu to Debian. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pantherina@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago* That should be possible by changing the repos, shouldnt it? I will try this in a VM. Downgrading will be harder than rebasing from Ubuntu LTS to Debian Sid for example. But at the same time I imagine its easier to downgrade from Sid to Stable on the same Distro. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sheldan@mander.xyz 6 points 2 years ago It works for me, and my tinkering times are behind me. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dandroid@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (15 children) Not the person you are replying to, but my server is on Ubuntu. It was the distro my work used and it was probably the only distro I had heard of at the time I set up my server. At this point I run so much shit that can never go down on my server that I will never consider touching the distro ever. Plus, who cares? It's a server. I don't interact with the distro. I only ssh in, run services through containers, and add port forwards. Every distro is identical for that stuff. I even prefer old kernel and package versions for ultra stability, as my server can never go down. Sure, Debian would be the same, but why touch it now? That's just asking for headache. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 15 child comments load more comments (15 replies) [–] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 years ago I use it because a class wanted me to either use it in a VM or use WSL but WSL didn't work and I figured it was easier to set up a dual boot than setting up a VM since I've installed Linux quite a few times. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] afterthoughts@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Still in the process of moving my server from Ubuntu to Debian. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pantherina@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago* That should be possible by changing the repos, shouldnt it? I will try this in a VM. Downgrading will be harder than rebasing from Ubuntu LTS to Debian Sid for example. But at the same time I imagine its easier to downgrade from Sid to Stable on the same Distro. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago* That should be possible by changing the repos, shouldnt it? I will try this in a VM. Downgrading will be harder than rebasing from Ubuntu LTS to Debian Sid for example. But at the same time I imagine its easier to downgrade from Sid to Stable on the same Distro. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sheldan@mander.xyz 6 points 2 years ago It works for me, and my tinkering times are behind me. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dandroid@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (15 children) Not the person you are replying to, but my server is on Ubuntu. It was the distro my work used and it was probably the only distro I had heard of at the time I set up my server. At this point I run so much shit that can never go down on my server that I will never consider touching the distro ever. Plus, who cares? It's a server. I don't interact with the distro. I only ssh in, run services through containers, and add port forwards. Every distro is identical for that stuff. I even prefer old kernel and package versions for ultra stability, as my server can never go down. Sure, Debian would be the same, but why touch it now? That's just asking for headache. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 15 child comments load more comments (15 replies)
[–] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 years ago I use it because a class wanted me to either use it in a VM or use WSL but WSL didn't work and I figured it was easier to set up a dual boot than setting up a VM since I've installed Linux quite a few times. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 10 points 2 years ago Yes, just not the people who hang out on Linux communities on federated social media. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FutileRecipe@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) People still use Ubuntu? They're currently number 6 on DistroWatch's Last 6 Months. So people are at least still interested in it. The DistroWatch Page Hit Ranking statistics are a light-hearted way of measuring interest in Linux distributions and other free operating systems among the visitors of this website. They correlate neither to usage nor to quality and should not be used to measure the market share of distributions. They simply show the number of times a distribution page on DistroWatch was accessed each day, nothing more. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago They simply show the number of times a distribution page on DistroWatch was accessed each day, nothing more. Which can be manipulated by scripting or setting the browser's home page to the DistroWatch page of a distribution. No way in hell is MX Linux actually popular. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Pantherina@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago DistroWatch is extremely weird. Who actually uses MXLinux and all these obscure Distros? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago They simply show the number of times a distribution page on DistroWatch was accessed each day, nothing more. Which can be manipulated by scripting or setting the browser's home page to the DistroWatch page of a distribution. No way in hell is MX Linux actually popular. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago DistroWatch is extremely weird. Who actually uses MXLinux and all these obscure Distros? permalink fedilink source parent