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Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days ago

Windows 10 refugees flock to Linux in what devs call their "biggest launch ever"

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Windows 10 refugees flock to Linux in what devs call their "biggest launch ever"

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Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days ago

Microsoft has ended support for Windows 10, and one of the most popular Ubuntu-based Linux distros is celebrating its "biggest launch ever" after a spike in downloads from former Windows 10 users.

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I guess a bigger entity could try to start charging for… something… Support, maybe, but that seems unlikely to take off.

Are you aware that Red Hat alone makes billions of dollars per year off Linux?

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