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fspecii/LinPad

LinPad — Linux for iPad. A real Linux desktop on the iPad: native windowed desktop with tiling and workspaces, real Linux apps (Firefox, VS Code, Thunar, VLC) as native windows, ARM64 JIT, GPU via Venus/Metal, keyboard + trackpad + touch.

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How fast fspecii/LinPad is gaining stars, and where it lands on Trendshift and GitHub Trending

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Stars, forks and merged pull requests each day or month, lined up with the repository's rank on Trendshift Trending

Oct 15 – Oct 19, 2026

Stars +99 in 5 days

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Forks +15 in 5 days

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Merged PRs 6 in 5 days

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Fri, Oct 16, 2026+26+31
Sat, Oct 17, 2026+43+55
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Mon, Oct 19, 2026+17+10
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  1. Oct 191 post

    • 把 iPad 变成能跑真实 Linux 桌面和 Linux 应用的机器，不用虚拟机也不用越狱。 底层是 iSH-ARM64 的 fork，把 Linux 系统调用翻成 iOS 能懂的东西，再叠一层作者自己加的原生 ARM64 JIT。

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  2. Oct 161 post

    • Steam is running on an iPad. 🤯 Not streaming. Not a VM. Not a jailbreak. The real ARM64 Linux Steam client, running locally inside @AmbsdOP's LinPad. It's slow as hell. But it's logged in and…

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