hperrin, 2 months ago

Probably a number of factors. Some I can think of that may have contributed:

• Steam Deck showing that gaming is possible on Linux.
• Windows 11’s hardware requirements pushing people to try Linux on older hardware.
• Microsoft’s recent enshittification of Windows by pushing Edge and AI so hard.
• KDE has been pushing to fix bugs and has gotten really good lately.
• Electron has made a lot of apps people really need super easy to build for Linux, so companies have started releasing apps for Linux.
• Flatpak has done the same, for distribution.