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PC Gamer: "I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop" (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Idk one of my siblings who I never chalked up as a non-windows user and not particularly tech savvy sent me a screenshot of their linux install.

Yes. 2026 was an interesting year for Linux desktop.

More of my friends installed Linux in response to Windows 11 than I imagined possible.

I think I noticed a correlation with their having a kid in the house who owned a SteamDeck. There's a generation who are learning Linux in order to mod their games.

[–] Rothe@piefed.social 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

We have a time traveller over here.

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 weeks ago

Nah. Just an ordinary typo that anyone could make on their period authentic LTE smart phone or Casio smart watch.