S1L3NT_F0X404@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 4 days ago"Just Switched to MX Linux and I’m Already Obsessed I love it.lemmy.mlimagemessage-square61linkfedilinkarrow-up1223arrow-down111
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minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 days agoMX got popular because it was #1 on DistroWatch because they just refreshed the page over-and-over, which is how ranking works (by page load count) on DistroWatch
minus-squareSaprophyte@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 days agoTheir default browser resets the home page to their site so they get artificial visits from every installed instance.
MX got popular because it was #1 on DistroWatch because they just refreshed the page over-and-over, which is how ranking works (by page load count) on DistroWatch
Their default browser resets the home page to their site so they get artificial visits from every installed instance.