What advertising slogan would you give for Linux?

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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FilthyHands@sh.itjust.works · 83 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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

Vitaly@feddit.uk · 11 pts · 1y

But it has a direct reference to it's competitors which won't be viable in 100 years when windows shuts down

InnerScientist@lemmy.world · 54 pts · 1y (3 replies)

superkret@feddit.org · 19 pts · 1y

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

RubberElectrons@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

😂

acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 1y

That would be the slogan.

Jank2@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 50 pts · 1y

JustVik@lemmy.ml · 40 pts · 1y

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.

haerrii@feddit.org · 39 pts · 1y (2 replies)

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

more seriously maybe "Software it your own way"

naeap@sopuli.xyz · 11 pts · 1y

So, RTFM?

Psyhackological@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y

I recently passed Linux Foundation System Admin and they had a weird Debian that just slapped me with man not found or something like this

I like it, but I think proprietary can tell it too.

1984@lemmy.today · 31 pts · 1y (1 reply)

"Your Computer".

Psyhackological@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y

I think that depends on the hardware but yes.

Rentlar@lemmy.ca · 27 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Yours to make, yours to break.

Psyhackological@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y

Good one!

superkret@feddit.org · 26 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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Thorned_Rose@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y

I would totally play that

LambdaRX@sh.itjust.works · 20 pts · 1y (3 replies)

It is in fact GNU/Linux.

Psyhackological@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 1y (2 replies)

What if I use Alpine?

far_university190@feddit.org · 4 pts · 1y

Dont

kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 1y

Then its Busybox/Linux

TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org · 20 pts · 1y (5 replies)

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

Psyhackological@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 1y

More like use Adobe or Microsoft as I'm proud gamer since 2 years on Linux https://bazzite.gg/

HouseWolf@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y (2 replies)

For me that game was Rust and it was more 'Maybe for the best if I don't touch that game again'

Nibodhika@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

What happened? Rust used to have a native Linux client a few years back (i.e. last time I tried it).

HouseWolf@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y

Somehow missed your reply until now.

They dropped support on the Linux version forever ago and moved to Easy Anticheat which DOES support being used through Proton but the devs won't enable it.

OccasionallyFeralya@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 1y

Help this is real

shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 1y

"It's terminal"

specterspectre@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y (3 replies)

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

Psyhackological@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I could apply it to Windows too though.

renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net · 8 pts · 1y (1 reply)

When you install Windows, you don’t really control your computer. Microsoft does.

Psyhackological@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y

Windows Is a headache but it is my headache

same for legacy code lol

canadaduane@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 1y

Join a Movement, not a Marketplace

Bitflip@lemmy.ml · 17 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Free as in beer

LambdaRX@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Or

Free as in work after hours

AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 5 pts · 1y

Free as in puppy

Psyhackological@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y

Like some kind of prostitute lover.

Psyhackological@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y

That is more like a general FOSS than Linux

macattack@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y (3 replies)

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

TheFadingOne@feddit.org · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

That's optimistic

Psyhackological@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y

At least one.

Psyhackological@lemmy.ml · -4 pts · 1y

Windows

neidu3@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 1y (4 replies)

"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."

yo_scottie_oh@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

It just works (on my machine)

ftfy

neidu3@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y

Plural.

Can't be arsed fixing that for you.

Psyhackological@lemmy.ml · -1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Everything I encountered that haven't worked:

  • Not supported hardware by manufacturer
  • Nvidia Drivers with Wayland
AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y

And good news, Nvidia seems to have more or less fixed the second one a few months ago.

Pudutr0n@feddit.cl · 15 pts · 1y (2 replies)

"We hope you like config files"

Psyhackological@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 1y (1 reply)

"I heard you like files... Everything is a file."

pmk@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 1y

Plan9 would have some opinions about that.

Mwa@lemm.ee · 14 pts · 1y

"Own your computer" and "Free your computer"

Piwix@lemm.ee · 14 pts · 1y

Own your Computer

will_a113@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Hurts So Good

lnxtx@feddit.nl · 4 pts · 1y

*Hurds

Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 14 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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

Psyhackological@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 1y
  • Remove kernel.
  • Ok.
janus2@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Have it your* way.

*your way may involve several hours of configuration

OmegaLemmy@discuss.online · 1 pts · 1y

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'

BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y

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."

Guenther_Amanita@slrpnk.net · 14 pts · 1y

The least annoying launcher for your web browser

Presi300@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y (1 reply)
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SitD@lemy.lol · 3 pts · 1y

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

PseudoSpock@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 1y

Batman runs Linux. Shouldn't you?

MetalMachine@feddit.nl · 11 pts · 1y

Buy it, own it.

sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today · 11 pts · 1y

Sovereign Computing

milliams@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Live, Laugh, Linux

whaleross@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

Fiddle, Tweak, Reinstall.

hamburger@discuss.tchncs.de · 10 pts · 1y

It’s yours.

isaaclyman@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y

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

bigbuckalex@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 1y

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!

whygohomie@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y

Wobbly Windows in a Windows-less World

RogueBanana@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 1y

Forget the hardware

YOU deserve better

SplashJackson@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 1y

"Better learn to use the command line, kid"

lnxtx@feddit.nl · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Do it yourself

Psyhackological@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y

Just DYI.

fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Arch, btw.

Psyhackological@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 1y

That's Arch Linux specific slogan I am afraid.

kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 1y

Linux: "Freedom and innovation for all"

canadaduane@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 1y

Build a Legacy, not a Lock-In

Corgana@startrek.website · 6 pts · 1y

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.

VinesNFluff@pawb.social · 6 pts · 1y

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

renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net · 6 pts · 1y

Think Different Freely.

schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business · 6 pts · 1y

If you don't read the man pages, we're going to ban you from the chat.

MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

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

MITM0@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Your computer needs a dose of FREEEEEEDOM

AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

This seems to imply that Linux makes your computer produce oil

vane@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

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

commander@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

I'd copy you and drop the hardware. Just: you deserve better

mactan@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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

Babalugats@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 1y

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.

canadaduane@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 1y

Tailored for You, By You

UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 1y

Probably thing valve does where all the other players in the market are so shit, you doing very little garners huge public support.

beeng@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 1y

"Linux...

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

"No overlords"

"What spying?"

"Infinitely extendable"

Which one do you like best?

JustVik@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 1y

You can fix it, really. :)

canadaduane@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1y

Be Your Own Tech Support

oo1@lemmings.world · 4 pts · 1y

RTFW

PseudoSpock@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 1y

Linux/GNU: We put GNU where it belongs.

rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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.

specterspectre@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

This hurts in my first Gentoo installation. Sharp, precise, and accurate pain.

steeznson@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

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?

OmegaLemmy@discuss.online · 3 pts · 1y

Your hardware Your choice Your style

ikidd@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

Linux: it ain't Windows.

LucidBoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y

Take your digital freedom back!

coolmojo@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

Can’t believe it’s not Windows.

canadaduane@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y

From Hobby to Hero: Linux Powers the Curious

PseudoSpock@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y

Linux: Our Code of Conduct says we have to let you join us.

PseudoSpock@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y

Linux: We never would have given you Klippy.

PseudoSpock@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y

WHEEL OF LINUX!!! (I'll take Arch, by the way, Pat!)

PseudoSpock@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y

The only operating with so many names, but always the same experience... Linux!

Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y

The penguin is merciful.

QuazarOmega@lemy.lol · 2 pts · 1y

When I started my own design for Tux I came up with "it's all about U" written on the repo where I've developed it (upstream isn't updated)

In hindsight it involuntarily highlights the difference between the open source and the free software movement pretty well, I'm definitely for the latter, but it is accurate to the product and its creator

tetris11@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y

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

Sam_Bass@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y

more powerful than a speeding loco motive

DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org · 2 pts · 1y
  • 'You can keep your old hardware, we won't force you to upgrade.'
  • 'Your old GPU, yes, even your R9 Fury, still has a home here, don't worry, we won't leave you out in the cold unlike our competition.'

...Among other jabs at Windows in the spirit of the old Mac vs. PC ads, or to be more apt, in the spirit of Sega's old ads picking on Nintendo in the '90s.

Also....

  • 'Linux does! What Windon't.'
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz · 1 pts · 1y (2 replies)

"Be free"

Psyhackological@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Freedom.

deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz · 0 pts · 1y

Only if it's Mel Gibson "Frrrrreeeeddddooooooommmmmm"

Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org · 1 pts · 1y

At least it's not Windows?

PseudoSpock@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y

Linux: The Vi delivery system you've been waiting for! /s

HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y

"Get judged by more advanced Linux users until you get good enough to do the judging"

canadaduane@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y

For the Mavericks and Makers

mvirts@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

The ultimate protection for your truck

Psyhackological@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y

Truck? Ask me if...

PseudoSpock@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y

Linux: Where all your personal data already exists in the cloud.

PseudoSpock@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y

Linux: The home for Windows and MacOS refugees.

YaDownWitCPP@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

I use Arch, btw.

AmazingAwesomator@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

improvements over the competition are black and white... and a little yellow.

Psyhackological@lemmy.ml · -2 pts · 1y

Does Linux have competition? But I get your idea.

oldfart@lemm.ee · 0 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Leave us alone, we don't need more users

Psyhackological@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Depends on what users.

oldfart@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y

The kind for whom stupid software with ads is made. The kind who give 0 stars to open source software on google play for dumb reasons. The ones who are offended by a program being named "GIMP" or "daemon".

absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz · 0 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Choose your starting level!

Psyhackological@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y

Linux RPG?

joel_feila@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 1y

Switch to linux and your kids is call

h3mlocke@lemm.ee · -3 pts · 1y

"Good luck with those drivers, bud!"

DieserTypMatthias@lemmy.ml · -4 pts · 1y

Lie to your (insert relative here) that Linux is faster and you install SSD to their computer with a penguin on it.