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edgemaster72@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

So uh, what happened between March and September 2021 that caused the current upward trend? Was the Windows 11 announcement that poorly received?

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sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Yes, and 2021 was a perfect storm of a bunch of stuff:

Windows 11 would break compatibility with older processors

Steam Deck announced - wouldn’t release until 2022, but there was a lot of excitement about Linux gaming

LTT made a video series (part 1 was Nov. 2021) where Linus used Linux exclusively for a month

So yeah, a lot of people were curious at the time.
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