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r/linux is a subreddit with 1.6M members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is massive in size, and has high activity.
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Popular Themes in r/linux
#1
News
: "Paid Software is Coming to Flathub"
28 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Browse YouTube from the terminal"
15 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Windows 11 Sucked so much it finally made me change to Linux!"
9 posts
#4
Self-Promotion
: "Announcing - XLDE / LQDE - Qt Based and Extensible Common Environment - With over 7 years of Development - XLDE / LQDE is a New, Qt Based, Traditional and Innovative Desktop Environment for Linux"
9 posts
#5
Advice Requests
: "I finally switched from windows to Linux and I LOVE IT. Any must have apps I should use?"
5 posts
#6
Money Talk
: "Where the funding of Linux actually goes that actually affects desktop Linux?"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/linux
#1
Linux
: "2025 is the year of the Linux desktop "
101 posts
#2
Release
: "GNU Shepherd 1.0.0 Released!"
10 posts
#3
Kernel
: "Linux 6.6.66 LTS Kernel Released With New Hardware Support & Many Fixes"
8 posts
#4
Opensource
: "OpenSUSE package maintainer removes Bottles’ donation button with `dont-support.patch` file"
7 posts
#5
Windows
: "Valve's plan to bring SteamOS to more devices is a promising sign if you want to stop gaming on Windows"
5 posts
#6
Ubuntu
: "I installed Ubuntu In my Smartwatch "
5 posts
#7
Desktop
: "Announcing - XLDE / LQDE - Qt Based and Extensible Common Environment - With over 7 years of Development - XLDE / LQDE is a New, Qt Based, Traditional and Innovative Desktop Environment for Linux"
5 posts
#8
Flatpak
: "Why Flatpak is a Blessing for Linux Beginners and Everyday Users"
5 posts
#9
Plasma
: "KDE Plasma 6.3 Delivers Much Better Fractional Scaling, Clipboard Using SQLite"
4 posts
#10
Terminal
: "Terminal is the future."
4 posts
Member Growth in r/linux
Daily
+1k members(0.1%)
Monthly
+46k members(3.1%)
Yearly
+572k members(58.3%)
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