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    [–] [email protected] 109 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

    Debian would be a Volvo Estate, its the boring practical family choice, the owner is soneone boring like an architect or a financial advisor.

    Arch is a Vauxhall Nova, second hand battered owned almost exclusively by teenage lads who spend a lot of time/money modifying it (e.g. lowering so it can't go over speed bumps, adding a massive exhaust to sound good but destroys engine power).

    Fedora is something slightly larger/more expensive like a Ford Focus/VW Golf/Vauxhall Astra owned by slightly older lads. The owners spend their time adding lighting kits and the largest sound systems money can buy.

    Slackware is clearly a Subaru Impreza, at one point the best World Rally Car but hasn't been a contender for a while. Almost all are owned by rally fans who spend fantastic amounts of time tinkering with the car to get set it up an ultimate rally car. None of the owners race cars.

    OpenSuse is a Nissan Cube, its insanely practical. It should be the modern boring family choice, but it manages to ve too quirky for your architect while not practical enough for van drivers.

    I don't know the other distros well enough.

    I run Debian btw

    [–] zloubida 36 points 7 months ago

    I run Debian btw

    Found the financial advisor.

    [–] [email protected] 32 points 7 months ago (2 children)
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    [–] [email protected] 27 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    Arch is a Vauxhall Novana

    Nah, Arch is the reliant robin: it's minimal, requires constant maintenance, and while it might flip in a corner, it's pretty easy to get out and flip it back up ( it's a really good learning and training opportunity)

    [–] Moshpirit 5 points 7 months ago

    When I thought it couldn't be more meme, you came and filled a whole comment with nothing but truth. Thank you for your service and drive save.

    [–] wreckedcarzz 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    None of the owners race cars

    Now that's not true, I've been known to s- whispering, clearing throat my council has informed me that I should end this statement without any further detail.

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    [–] 3volver 52 points 7 months ago (4 children)
    [–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    Cute I thought the headlights and plate looked like a face so I made some changes. https://imgur.com/a/nPXRRzP
    I was not sure whether to add the eye brows or not.

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    [–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

    Nah Linux Mint is a Kia Ceed.

    Ubuntu is a Ford Focus, they successfully stole the volvo estate market (Debian). The car was fun, good value and very practical. It was everywhere. Then Ford started increasing the size, weight, price, etc.. killing the point of the Focus.

    So along comes Kia trying to make a competitor in the Ceed.

    In theory the Ceed is a great car, its super cheap, lots of cabin space, nippy, the inside has every modern convenance, but....

    • It plays engine noises via speakers that aren't aligned with what you are doing
    • The boot space is rubbish, so 5 people can happily travel in the car you barely fit a suitcase in it
    • There is an steering sensitivity button that stays on at 70 MPH with no indication on the display
    • A Vauxhall Nova just out accelerated you

    Your left wondering why anyone is bothering with hot hatchbacks these days as you climb into your volvo

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    [–] [email protected] 33 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    I think of Debian as the Sensible Family Van.

    [–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago

    A company sprinter

    [–] [email protected] 30 points 7 months ago (8 children)

    I don't think a single person has ever used zorin os

    [–] NosferatuZodd 15 points 7 months ago

    It was the first distro I installed on my laptop and actually daily drived, it looks cool and the feels good to use

    And since almost nobody around me uses linux it gives a very good image with how clean it looks

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    [–] [email protected] 28 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    Why'd you gotta do that to Debian 💀💀💀

    [–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago

    Reliable as fuck while doing all the heavy lifting for everybody downstream? Sounds right

    [–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago

    Nah, I'm Debian user and that's a fucking solid depiction of Debian.

    It's not fancy, it's not pretty, it has no bells and whistles, but it's God damn workhorse and it'll keep on trucking no matter what you do to it.

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

    Only one that can do a hard day's work without breaking down.

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    [–] j4k3 22 points 7 months ago
    [–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago (1 children)
    [–] FuglyDuck 16 points 7 months ago

    Ukrainian Farmers are terrifying.

    [–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

    where mint? is it a metro train?

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

    Probably a Prius V. Kinda good at most normal things.

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    [–] cmbabul 17 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    I really want an AI Top Gear/The Grand Tour episode of the three idiots arguing about Linus distros now

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)
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    [–] mkuznetsoff 16 points 7 months ago (2 children)
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    [–] Gueoris 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    Elementary, the futur from 2012 :

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    [–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)
    1. I want this meme with bikes
    2. Zorin is a tuned VW Golf (Ubuntu LTS with fancy UI)
    [–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    Yeah, what the fuck is with the depiction of Zorin here? Someone really got wowed by that plasma theme, eh?

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    [–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago

    It would've been funnier if Debian was Porsche, Lamborghini, or Ferrari:

    like these

    Porsche tractor

    Lamborghini tractor

    Ferrari tractor

    [–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

    I have no horse in this race but anyone who has ever used a Fiat Multipla will know what a complement this is for Slackware.

    Edit: typo

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    [–] FuglyDuck 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    So which distro is the avrocar?

    [–] Im_old 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    Gentoo. Good idea on paper, takes a lot of time to get ready for arguable benefits

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    [–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

    Linux From Scratch. They started it, but never figured out how to finish it and get it fully working.

    [–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    I think Slackware would be more of a 2CV than a Multipla.

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    [–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (4 children)
    [–] witten 31 points 7 months ago
    [–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    A cargo ship... because alpine is useful for docker containers

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    [–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    probably a kit car, or the underlying platform of something bigger than a car.

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)
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