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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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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But it has a direct reference to it's competitors which won't be viable in 100 years when windows shuts down
Fun facts:
- The backend of Microsoft's biggest money maker Azure runs on Linux: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-showcases-the-azure-cloud-switch-acs/
- The most-used OS inside Azure is Linux: https://thenewstack.io/microsoft-linux-is-the-top-operating-system-on-azure-today/
- Microsoft is the second biggest contributor to open source software: https://opensourceindex.io/
- Microsoft has published their own Linux distro: https://github.com/microsoft/azurelinux
- Microsoft has published a support page on how to install Linux: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linux/install
The OS wars are over, and Linux won.
In the server world, yes. The desktop is the place that needs to be won over.
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"For slogan, please refer to the according man page"
more seriously maybe "Software it your own way"
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Its not windows
"It's terminal"
Join a Movement, not a Marketplace
"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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Two out of 10 Linux users agree that insert name here is the best distro
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"It does exactly what you tell it to do."
- Remove kernel.
- Ok.
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Own your Computer
"Own your computer" and "Free your computer"
"We hope you like config files"
Have it your* way.
*your way may involve several hours of configuration
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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."
Sovereign Computing
Linux, when you want to tell the computer to shut the fuck up and just do it's job.
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Batman runs Linux. Shouldn't you?
Buy it, own it.
It’s yours.
“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!
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