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Upstream images vs bazzite: https://github.com/ublue-os/countme/blob/main/growth_upstream_with_bazzite.svg

My prediction: bazzite may have more installs than Fedora KDE by the end of the year.

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[–] Moodel@feddit.uk 11 points 1 day ago

I don't care what Linux you use and whichever way you look at it this is good news :)

[–] Toga77@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago

So freaking glad to see!

Let's go everyone, now's the time. Windows GDID is appalling and we deserve privacy.

I chose Fedora, but there's a distro for everyone and my friends use and love Bazzite.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 day ago

My brother in law made the switch last week to bazzite from win11. 8 gigs of ram, he wasn’t expecting much.

Now he’s amazed he doesn’t have to buy a new computer after all.

[–] ddjivan@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 day ago

been two years since I started using it daily, it's one of the best!

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 47 points 2 days ago (68 children)

Bazzite is awesome. Not surprised it’s so successful. Congrats to the team. :)

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[–] morto@piefed.social 18 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I hope most are migrating from windows, and not from other distros!

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[–] apotheotic@beehaw.org 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is the massive jolt in the room with us?

[–] marcie@lemmy.ml 26 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I have a tens unit attached to my ass that has its voltage increase as bazzite gets more users

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