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cross-posted from: https://piefed.ca/post/173354

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It's been about a month since I converted my old Laptop lying around, and my home Desktop to #Linux, specifically Arch Linux, and the experience has been good so far. Linux just breathes a whole new life into your old system.

For those who are wondering, if I'd spend 6 hours installing Arch Linux, I used archinstall script, which is available in the Arch Linux ISO, to setup my system in about 15 mins.

There are also projects like Calam-Arch-Installer which provides a GUI for Arch Linux Installation.

While I don't know that 2025 can be called as the Year of #Linux Desktop, I'm 100 percent sure, that Linux will go on to increase it's market share, from what we have today, primarily because of the direction in which @microsoft is going with @Windows10 .

I've gotta convert my main laptop to Arch #Linux as well, but need Windows for academic purposes, so that plan will stay on hold for now, and I will still be on @Windows10 11🥲.

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Today we're taking a deep dive into the Microsoft Zune. What was supposed to be Microsoft's answer to the iPod ended up being a failure of a product that people love to point and laugh at today. But was it really that bad?

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Starting June 2025, Microsoft will let individual developers publish apps to the Microsoft Store for free. That means no more $19 registration fee to get started.

There’s a catch, though. If developers use Microsoft’s built-in commerce platform to sell their apps or games, the company still takes a cut—15% for apps and 12% for games. But those using third-party commerce tools for non-gaming apps get to keep 100% of their earnings.

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