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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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I though of:

Your hardware deserves better.

Also you can give some more realistic ones like my friend:

It just (not) works

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[–] janus2 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Have it your* way.

*your way may involve several hours of configuration

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Make Mac style advert showing everything from a touchscreen experience with fully integrated apps to the most advanced computing one could image

'all in your hands, have it your way'

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Linux, when you want to tell the computer to shut the fuck up and just do it's job.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

you don't even have to tell it 😎 Linux is the silent dangerous type standing in a shady corner

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago

It’s yours.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

"Better learn to use the command line, kid"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Your computer needs a dose of FREEEEEEDOM

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

This seems to imply that Linux makes your computer produce oil

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

Replace OS before they replace you. Linux - the last adventure.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

Its my machine. I dont need to sign into Microsofts Terms and Conditions to be able to use my hardware.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

Uh I guess we'd need to extend it to Linux + FOSS in general.

Power users: I think we should steal whatever the latest IKEA marketing team have come up with because the appeal is kinda the same as IKEA furniture where you feel more ownership over something having built it from the flat packed box your self.

Average users: does a degoogled chromeOS exist? You just need a video of someone playing with a tablet like interface, then choosing to postpone an update with no dark pattern om the textbox prompt.

One line slogan: Did you ever wish the people who made your software were more passionate about the product than their next promotion?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Your hardware Your choice Your style

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

more powerful than a speeding loco motive

[–] [email protected] 83 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Good one from back in the day (not mine): "In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates?"

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Fun facts:

The OS wars are over, and Linux won.

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

With the most open CVEs, bugs and ports, anyway.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 week ago (3 children)

"For slogan, please refer to the according man page"

more seriously maybe "Software it your own way"

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Linux. The Power of the Community.

I didn't come up with it and the picture is not mine. I just found it on the internet earlier.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yours to make, yours to break.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago (6 children)

"I didn't want to play that game anyway."

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago (4 children)

And when you tell your OS to poweroff it... powers off. Wow.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (3 children)

It's a headache but it's your headache.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago

"It's terminal"

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

Join a Movement, not a Marketplace

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (4 children)
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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Two out of 10 Linux users agree that insert name here is the best distro

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

"It just works"

..because that is the state of a mainstream modern distro, and it's not true of Windows anymore.

Alternatively "No nagging, no forced online account."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It just works (on my machine)

ftfy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Plural.

Can't be arsed fixing that for you.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

"Own your computer" and "Free your computer"

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The least annoying launcher for your web browser

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

Own your Computer

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

"It does exactly what you tell it to do."

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

"We hope you like config files"

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

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."

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