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[โ€“] one_old_coder@piefed.social 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I don't know but it seems that Mint is pretty popular: https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=popularity

Anyway, Mint is the closest to Windows 3.1/98/2000 by its simplicity. It shows windows, you can move your files and run applications, it's all I need.

[โ€“] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Sounds good enough for average people. ๐Ÿ‘Œ

[โ€“] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Arch at around #15 btw. I would have expected it to be a little bit more popular than some of the other ones on this list but I guess I don't know what the metric is based on here. Downloads?

[โ€“] sexhaver87@sh.itjust.works 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Page hits. Good โ€˜ol clicks baby.

[โ€“] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

Arch, 150 million page visits, 0 installs.

Debian, 1 page visit, 1 install.

Arch more popular than Debian. ๐Ÿ˜Ž

Could you imagine?