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Do you not get excited when something you enjoy is also enjoyed by others?
It's an operating system dawg.
Just using your logic: It's just a [insert hobby] dawg.
Its too reductionist man, most things are just a thing - who cares.
Its not about "Linux" its usually about the rest that comes with it (self hosting, sysadmin, programming, general tinkering, etc). Same way someone might geek out on cars or sports.
Indeed it is.