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  • Type: Video. Title: “I installed Linux (so should you)”. Author: “PewDiePie”. Publisher: “YouTube”. Published: 2025-04-26T21:29:28Z. Accessed: 2025-04-27T05:34Z. URI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVI_smLgTY0.
  • Lee Duna@lemmy.nz
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    4 hours ago

    not a fan of PDP, but the video has been viewed 2.8 Million times in less than 24 hours. nearly beat his 3 Million video views from 3 weeks ago

    yeah it looks good, at least Linux gains more attention

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    17 hours ago

    Not personally a fan of Pewds, but this is a good thing. Dude’s still got 110M subscribers, he can reach an enormous viewer base. Not only that, but he’s got a magical ability to reach younger people in a way that grumpy old farts like me can’t (I’m five years older than him, which makes me a fossil). If Linux has had one problem through all its years on the good, green Earth, it’s marketing. Pewds might be just what it needs for this to finally be the Year of the Linux Desktop.

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      7 hours ago

      Like I commented on another post:

      If someone makes the switch to Linux today, then this is the year of the Linux desktop for them.

      What really defines “the year of the Linux desktop”, objectively? 🤔

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    13 hours ago

    Hate the guy but good for linux’s publicity