Think ~~Different~~ Freely.
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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.
“Capitalism kills”
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
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.
It’s yours.
Forget the hardware
YOU deserve better
It's pretty difficult to have a slogan when the price tag is reason enough to download it
Yeah but I'm thinking of some slogan like brand. For example once KDE had that Microsoft later copied
simple by default, powerful when needed
Build a Legacy, not a Lock-In
You can fix it, really. :)
Because it's your computer
I'd copy you and drop the hardware. Just: you deserve better
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!
Tailored for You, By You
Linux/GNU: We put GNU where it belongs.
Linux: it ain't Windows.
"Better learn to use the command line, kid"
Replace OS before they replace you. Linux - the last adventure.
Take your digital freedom back!
Probably thing valve does where all the other players in the market are so shit, you doing very little garners huge public support.
RTFW
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
The penguin is merciful.
At least it's not Windows?
Can’t believe it’s not Windows.
Its (windows)10'oclock. Do you recall where your screenshots are?
Be Your Own Tech Support
"Linux...
"Because you don't have to be the product"
"No overlords"
"What spying?"
"Infinitely extentable"
Which one do you like best?