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GNU/Linux Has Become a Lot More Mainstream

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 04, 2024

SIX days from now the sister site turns 20, so we've been purchasing and preparing lots of food. There will actually be two party-type events, not only one.

The time seems right.

Seeing what we've seen so far this month, like this morning's stats from Zambia, it seems clear that the Developing World is adopting software developers instead of SoftwareTM brands that lie and bribe officials.

There have been many articles lately, not just simple blog posts, about people who dump Windows for GNU/Linux or people who say why everyone should. Each month that passes by GNU/Linux feels a lot less like a "niche".

For reasons not explained by Stephen Smoogen of Red Hat* (he just said they solved it, not what the issue was), there's a surge in demand at the back end of Red Hat-type systems, or EPEL. "At first I thought it was because various domains were beginning to move their operating systems from EL-7 to a newer release using one of the transition tools like Red Hat LEAPP or Alma ELevate. However, the surge didn't seem to die down, and in fact the Fedora Project mirrors have had regular problems with load due to this surge," Smoogen said. He made it into Slashdot last week. █

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• He just wrote: "Multiple Amazon engineers reached out after I posted this and there is work on identifying what is causing this issue. Thank you to all the people who are burning the midnight oil on this."