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[–] stargazingpenguin@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It does feel like they lost some momentum by doing that. I don't have numbers of course, but it seemed like everybody was talking about it around the time 22.04 came out. Now I don't hear nearly as much. Hopefully the new release will regain some of that!

[–] mereo@piefed.ca 1 points 1 day ago

I'm sure it will. A company is behind it.