As a result, our instance https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/ got 625 new user registrations (of which 536 where accepted) in the past 24 hours! And the registrations are not abating even now. We still get like 10 new ones per hour!

I suspect this is probably the largest advertisement, for lemmy specifically, since the main reddit blackouts 1.5 years ago.

Have your own instances also seen an influx of new users?

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[–] elidoz@lemmy.ml 77 points 1 day ago (4 children)

and the linux desktop

[–] codexarcanum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 22 hours ago (5 children)

I switched fully over and am in the process of degoogling and de-microsofting my life. No more easy defaults of VS Code, back to custom configuring my emacs. No more surveillance, self-hosting and encryption. No more shitty windows gaming, Linux and Proton for gaming bliss!

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 8 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Dam even switched over to Emacs. My dude you didn't have to go that far. :)

[–] clif@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

Especially when vi is better

Fight me🤺

(I kid, I kid, but not entirely ;)

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 12 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

"So yeah! Emacs, huh?"

[–] Zink@programming.dev 6 points 19 hours ago

I finally wiped the windows partition off my main home PC last week. Feels good, man.

[–] svtdragon@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

No love for jetbrains?

[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 49 minutes ago

It's still commercial, proprietary software

[–] Dran_Arcana@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Vscodium has been a very usable replacement for me. You lose some of the ms first party plugins (ssh being the most notable) but largely it just works otherwise.

[–] Toribor@corndog.social 3 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

I use this extension to get SSH support for VSCodium It works great!

[–] tankfox@midwest.social 12 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

With the advent of the steamOS console, you're actually correct! If it's anything like my deck it's trivial to launch it in desktop mode and use it like a normal linux desktop. This is the gateway to putting linux in front of bored kids everywhere.

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

steamOS console

Wait what?

[–] tankfox@midwest.social 13 points 23 hours ago

Awww sadly it was just a rumor. https://bsky.app/profile/gamingonlinux.com/post/3lhe2febew22h

Even so, hook up a steam desk to a monitor with a mouse and keyboard and that's a linux desktop, that's right now today.

[–] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 13 points 1 day ago

pop the champagne 🍾

we are celebrating tonight

[–] Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip 1 points 14 hours ago

I've been dual-booting for about 2 weeks now, and I've been spending so much time in Fedora Silverblue because it's just so nice. I mean, most of the shit I do is browser stuff, so I have no issues there. Most of the time I can get apps to work, but my only gripe is not being able to use NextDNS alongside Proton VPN like I did on my windows computer 😭. I just don't know how to get it to work, and idk how to revert my DNS settings in terminal back to default instead of NextDNS.

But like everything else is fine, and I can still do my schoolwork.