Until reading the comments, I thought this was skirt length.
this post was submitted on 15 Oct 2026
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Glad my Nixie Pixies are getting some representation!
Gentoo is a pair of knitting needles and yarn.
I've only ever used Mint. I'm also vanilla as fuck. I'm gonna assume this meme tracks.
Where is Slackware in this picture? :(
Gotta knit your own socks bro
Gentoo level is a gimp suit
unixsocks moment π«£
Linux Mint
Where slackware?
Isn't that just wearing pantyhose?
That means you are too old to wear stockings
Thigh high compression socks
owch....dont be like that.
CachyOS you just wax
Mint users just be wearing... regular socks?
Meanwhile Linux from Scratch is just no-show socks
LFS is a ball of yarn and two needles. Knit your own goddamn A-length socks like a real man
And I can't decide if Mac OSX is flip-flops or crocs... (I mean, it is fully POSIX compliant, or at least was in the past...)
Yup.
... where's the box?
I lost it when my power went out and my chest freezer thawed...
I have no idea what you are talking about it, but I am loving it regardless, box of feet! :-P
That's Ubuntu, mint is some sort of mini sock
Mint is better than Ubuntu. Ubuntu should be at bottom. Actually, if Oligarchy ever gets on the list, it should be on a skunk scale and we'll put it beside the butthole, and Ubuntu can go on the bottom.
Edit: punctuation
Omarchy is toe shoes.
Which one is scarier? I tried Ubuntu 2 years ago and got scared, working up the courage to try again.
Linux Mint is solid and very user friendly. Just got my boomer friend switched over a month ago with Libre Office or Open Office and he's happy as fuck.
Just do it. You'll be fine.
Looking at the meme, I knew exactly I wouldn't need to scroll far for a comment complaining about this. :D
Went from F to D and back to F... then straight to A!
I did use Debian for servers, but it's not a daily driver so doesn't count
I do like seeing NixOS as the terminally unix distro. 100% deserved. Arch doesn't even compare to us
I feel like Ubuntu really deserves to get orange, as they use it all over their branding.
As for yellow...hmm. is Yellow Dog Linux still around?
searches
Nope. Ended in 2012.
goes looking
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:SVG_logos_of_Linux_distributions
Nothing with an especially yellow logo.
I guess that's why Ubuntu got yellow.
Short socks linux mint
what about stage 1 gentoo??? hrm??
Compression stockings. Do young people even remember that Gentoo exists?
For a certain definition of young
What can I say, some of us just like good music. And apparently medical grade socks.
you're beyond socks at that point, you exclusively wear body stockings
Full on Spanx huh.
I thought it was sock size based on distro
As a mint user I guess I'm lucky I'm into Victorian women.
I get that it's memes and all that, but are there a lot of programmer/linux-socks wearing folk? I honestly have no idea.
Also, considering how alive the meme is, it's kinda weird that eg. arch's support-store only sells like stickers and shirts, not a single sock :D
I use both Fedora and Debian. I feel like mid kneecap is a weird height for a sock.
Gentoonis even higher and LFS is at the top?
Debian btw
I'm at B maybe A if the Netherlands releases that nixos distro
*config?
Does NixOs sell socks?
Guix gang represent
So, is Bazzite barefeet?
C for work, D for private. ;)
What about LFS though