"It does exactly what you tell it to do."
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- Remove kernel.
- Ok.
With a bit of a double-entendre, "It powers the world", since it's the most common server platform.
More funny: "It's not an OS. It's a hobby."
Own your Computer
Batman runs Linux. Shouldn't you?
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Buy it, own it.
“If you knew what it was, you’d be using it already.”
Wobbly Windows in a Windows-less World
lol I was going to suggest "it just works"
I would not have suggested that before this year but it's definitely true now, or at least truer than for Windows/Apple.
Jokingly: "Linux is free if your time is worthless"
Though this tongue-in-cheek tagline takes the "free as in free beer" misinterpretation of the term "free software", I've always found it a fun way to describe the time investment you'll need to make if you've spent your whole life using Windows before making the switch.
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Because it's your computer
Forget the hardware
YOU deserve better
If you don't read the man pages, we're going to ban you from the chat.
Think ~~Different~~ Freely.
Linux: you've been using it for years and don't even know it
Build a Legacy, not a Lock-In
I'd copy you and drop the hardware. Just: you deserve better
Be Your Own Tech Support
valve's success is the rebranding of flatpak wine fsync and dxvk as steam runtime and proton. people fucking hate Linux and will only use it by accident
That's far too long. They could try and turn it into a ditty for an advert, but it wouldn't look great on their merch.
You can fix it, really. :)
Tailored for You, By You
Probably thing valve does where all the other players in the market are so shit, you doing very little garners huge public support.
Linux/GNU: We put GNU where it belongs.
RTFW