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    7 days ago

    There was clearly an increased popularity of Linux when Windows Vista and Windows 8 came out.
    IDK if Windows 11 is bad enough to make much difference. People were really pissed about Vista and 8 which helped Linux some.

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        6 days ago

        That’s a pretty decent amount of time ago. I switched a bit earlier, when XP was still going strong. In 2005 when Ubuntu Breezy Badger came out. Goddam it was a good distro for the time, and it became my main OS. For years it was like free gifts when a new Ubuntu came out. In the early Ubuntu days, Ubuntu was way ahead of all the rest, and the forum was amazing.