Batman runs Linux. Shouldn't you?
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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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Buy it, own it.
“If you knew what it was, you’d be using it already.”
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called Linux distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux!
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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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.
Because it's your computer
Forget the hardware
YOU deserve better
Think ~~Different~~ Freely.
If you don't read the man pages, we're going to ban you from the chat.
Linux: "Freedom and innovation for all"
It's pretty difficult to have a slogan when the price tag is reason enough to download it
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“Capitalism kills”
Build a Legacy, not a Lock-In
Linux: you've been using it for years and don't even know it
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.
I'd copy you and drop the hardware. Just: you deserve better
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You can fix it, really. :)
Tailored for You, By You
RTFW
Linux/GNU: We put GNU where it belongs.