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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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How is MX Linux reigning #1 on Distrowatch? (lemm.ee)

submitted 6 months ago by zyratoxx@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Please don't get me wrong, this is not meant to be rude slander. MX Linux is not a bad Distro at all (even tho I've always opted for Debian instead) and peops are free to use what suits them best.

But compared to other Distros (like Arch, Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian or Mint) there doesn't seem to be much excitement about it. I hardly see articles about MX and I have barely seen people outing themselves as MX users which makes me wonder:

Are MX users just low key quiet, am I escaping their presence or is there a different reason for MX' high HPD score?

Btw: feel free to take a shot every time I write MX :p

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[–] ares35@kbin.social 72 points 6 months ago (6 children)

they count clicks on a distro's page on their site, not usage or anything else.

if they dared put hanna montana linux on there, it would be the perpetual #1 listing.

[–] lattrommi@lemmy.ml 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

now is my chance to brag that I've been running HML on a eee pc netbook that's mounted on a wall in my bathroom, for about 4 years now, as a music player and in case of emergency internet searches when showering and it does its job wonderfully.

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.ml 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Hey, my wife wanted me to tell you that you're not welcome in our house, because now I'm about to do the same in our bathroom (with another distro, of course) 🤣🤣🤣

[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 6 points 6 months ago

going for the UwUntu experience

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