As a result, our instance https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/ got 625 new user registrations (of which 536 where accepted) in the past 24 hours! And the registrations are not abating even now. We still get like 10 new ones per hour!

I suspect this is probably the largest advertisement, for lemmy specifically, since the main reddit blackouts 1.5 years ago.

Have your own instances also seen an influx of new users?

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[–] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 63 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

2025 the year of lemmy

[–] elidoz@lemmy.ml 51 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

and the linux desktop

[–] codexarcanum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 5 hours ago (5 children)

I switched fully over and am in the process of degoogling and de-microsofting my life. No more easy defaults of VS Code, back to custom configuring my emacs. No more surveillance, self-hosting and encryption. No more shitty windows gaming, Linux and Proton for gaming bliss!

[–] Zink@programming.dev 3 points 1 hour ago

I finally wiped the windows partition off my main home PC last week. Feels good, man.

[–] svtdragon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

No love for jetbrains?

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 hours ago

Dam even switched over to Emacs. My dude you didn't have to go that far. :)

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

"So yeah! Emacs, huh?"

[–] Dran_Arcana@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Vscodium has been a very usable replacement for me. You lose some of the ms first party plugins (ssh being the most notable) but largely it just works otherwise.

[–] Toribor@corndog.social 1 points 46 minutes ago

I use this vscodium extension to get SSH support for remote coding. It works great!

[–] tankfox@midwest.social 10 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

With the advent of the steamOS console, you're actually correct! If it's anything like my deck it's trivial to launch it in desktop mode and use it like a normal linux desktop. This is the gateway to putting linux in front of bored kids everywhere.

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

steamOS console

Wait what?

[–] tankfox@midwest.social 10 points 6 hours ago

Awww sadly it was just a rumor. https://bsky.app/profile/gamingonlinux.com/post/3lhe2febew22h

Even so, hook up a steam desk to a monitor with a mouse and keyboard and that's a linux desktop, that's right now today.

[–] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 12 points 7 hours ago

pop the champagne 🍾

we are celebrating tonight

[–] glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz 5 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (2 children)

the year of the ~~snake~~ lemming

On a more serious note: I wonder if the year of Lemmy will never come. Constant de-federation and churn might splinter it again, much like distros did kinda splinter the Linux desktop.

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 13 points 5 hours ago

There will never be "a lemmy". There's no canonical "lemmy" out there. There is only 1000 independent websites, sharing select content with select neighbours.

We either accept this, or we return to corporate social media.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Not everyone wants the same flavor of the fediverse.

[–] glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Yeah conflicting ideologies may lead to a splinter-net… but this also can be just a matter of an instance users taste. This is part of the federated nature of lemmy that allows this to happen.