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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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[–] Presi300 3 points 30 minutes ago (1 children)

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

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

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 33 minutes ago

It’s yours.

[–] steeznson 1 points 35 minutes 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?

[–] MidsizedSedan 3 points 2 hours 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 3 hours ago

Linux: "Freedom and innovation for all"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

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!

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 19 hours ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

"Own your computer" and "Free your computer"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 20 hours ago

Linux: you've been using it for years and don't even know it

[–] ikidd 3 points 19 hours ago

Linux: it ain't Windows.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 23 hours ago

Forget the hardware

YOU deserve better

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

Buy it, own it.

[–] InnerScientist 46 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

That would be the slogan.

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

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

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago

"Maybe she was born with it. Maybe it's Linux, G"

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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] 4 points 22 hours ago

"Linux...

"Because you don't have to be the product"

"No overlords"

"What spying?"

"Infinitely extentable"

Which one do you like best?

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

Join a Movement, not a Marketplace

[–] [email protected] 75 points 1 day 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] 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

Batman runs Linux. Shouldn't you?

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

more seriously maybe "Software it your own way"

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yours to make, yours to break.

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

Own your Computer

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The least annoying launcher for your web browser

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

I would totally play that

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

Build a Legacy, not a Lock-In

[–] isaaclyman 8 points 1 day ago

“If you knew what it was, you’d be using it already.”

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

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

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[–] specterspectre 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Tailored for You, By You

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago

"It's terminal"

[–] macattack 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (3 children)
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[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer 14 points 1 day 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."

[–] milliams 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 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."

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Think ~~Different~~ Freely.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (4 children)

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

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