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  • maybe it’s just because that’s the more memorable/unique parts of their name?

    trump/biden is much more distinctive than donald/joe
    clinton could refer to both bill or hillary
    obama/kamala is more memorable than barack/harris (though maybe for obama that’s just because I’ve heard ‘obama’ so many times)

    I’m not saying that’s definitely not true, just that there might be other reasons why






  • The statistic isn’t saying that 50% of Linux gamers use steam, it’s saying that Linux gamers are ~1/2 as likely to use steam for games when compared to gamers on other platforms. these are very different things.

    ~50% of Linux gamers using steam is only true if you assumed every gamer on the other platforms used steam

    btw i hate the term ‘gamer’ but it’s just convenient to use here :(






  • Jumuta@sh.itjust.workstoLinux@lemmy.mlSome basic questions about Linux
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    basically there’s the big 3 (debian, arch, fedora) and everything else is just them with presets (ui, drivers, etc)

    debian uses apt, arch uses pacman, fedora uses dnf for packaging, so packages (app executables) aren’t intercompatible and so you usually have some apps that aren’t available on on or the other

    usually debian had everything, arch has everything with workarounds, idk about fedora

    anyway the tree is like:

    debian

    • ubuntu
      • kubuntu
      • lubuntu

    fedora

    • nobara

    arch

    • manjaro

    with DEs you should see which ones you like by testing them out, if you get the debian netinstaller you can select however many you want in the install process and you can switch between them at boot with the dropdown menu in the login prompt




  • It’s really disappointing seeing Russian contributors being disrespected like this, the regime that rules Russia wasn’t entirely their fault, and allegiance, nationality, and ethnicity are all clearly different things

    Also, wouldn’t a state sponsored Russian hacker pretend to be from the US or something anyway? No way they’d contribute code as a Russian, that’d just increase others’ suspicion

    I agree with Linus a lot too but I strongly disagree here. I hope he’s just being made to say this because of government policies