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Why is this thing so popular? Do people just love faschtech?
I comes preconfigured with excellent noob friendly documentation.
It also installs in like 10 minutes.
Good marketing or influencers perhaps? I'm not sure but I've been wondering myself.
Plus it comes with software with steep learning curve (Neovim, Hyprland, etc.), that is also popular among the "gatekeeper" types.
It comes with Lazyvim installed, the friendliest way to approach vi for noobs. The hyprland configuration is very polished as well.
It's an anti-gatekeeper distro. Using difficult to use software, but packaging them in a way a noob can actually it. The included help and documentation is remarkeably good.