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Happy Birthday It's FOSS Turned 14 today June 12, 2012 There are four penguins standing side by side, celebrating the event.
Who we thought was going to make Linux popular: Logos of Pop!_OS, ZorinOS, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and ChromeOS are shown. Who actually did Illustrations of the Steam Deck, SteamOS, Windows 11, and TPM 2.0 are shown.
4GB RAM on Ubuntu: Picture of an old cat (Tom) using a cane to support himself. 4GB RAM on Linux Mint: Picture of a buff cat (also Tom) looking menacing.
Four slides to this meme. In the first, a yellow bear (Winnie-the-Pooh) says, "I love honey!," with a pink pig sitting beside him (Piglet). In the second slide, Pooh is seen saying, "But you know what I don't love?" Piglet looks over worringly. In the third slide Pooh says, "People who install Windows 11 on a Steam Deck." In the fourth slide he is looking menacingly at the viewer (you).
Anyone who hates Windows logo is my friend without introduction. On the right, Sonic is seen standing, pointing his left hand towards the screen.
When I hear somebody saying Linux is shit, but then I realize they only used Arch Linux and it's their first experience. There are two pictures below that show a white-colored rhino-looking creature, first drawing out a switchblade and then promptly sheating it.
Windows when I plug in a Ventoy USB on my new laptop: There is a picture of a man wearing a suit with the Windows logo on their face, saying, "You can't do this to me." This is a popular scene from Spider-Man (2002) where Norman Osborn is fired from his own company (Oscorp).
This two-piece meme shows the following. A bald man with a neutral expression who is saying: I want Linux to grow. The desktop share is between 4% and 11%. That's if you count the "unknown" in StatCounter. Windows is still too big. In the second slide, a balding man wearing a spectacle and a blue shirt with a boasty expression says: ACKCHYUALLY GNU/Linux is on servers all over the world, plus phones and Chromebooks. Your router has GNU/Linux. Windows is the small guy. There is a note below: Yeah but this is about desktop though.
Every Linux user needs this. Agree? There is a picture of a modded keyboard with a Tux-themed key instead of the usual Windows-themed super key.
There is a picture of Clippy saying: If I knew how to steal and sell your data in 97', I would've done it.
This four-part meme shows a bald man saying, "hey can I uninstall edge" to a coked out bald/bearded man with the Windows logo on his face. Below, a blonde, hairy/bearded man is shown saying ,"im going to uninstall the bootloader." To which another man of the same looks but with Tux, the mascot penguin of Linux says, "Bailing out, you are on your own. Good luck.
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Use Linux. It's better for your privacy and you will own your PC. I'll help you. There is a picture of a young Leon from Resident Evil below. Use whatever the fuck you want. Not everybody wants to be saved. There is a picture of an older, more weathered Leon from Resident Evil below.
There is a digital sign that says "[ok]" five times in green.
What people think happens when using Linux: There is a picture of a BootDevice Not Found error. What actually happens: There are four pictures that depict better performance, customize your setup, pick your favourite distro, and the BootDevice Not Found error.
There is a picture of a thread message on the Linux kernel mailing list with the following written: As Linux recently remarked: I really get the feeling that it's time to leave i486 support behind. There's zero real reason for anybody to waste one second of development effort on this kind of issue. Below that is an image that shows a penguin aiming a gun at the Windows Vista logo. The penguin is: Linux kernel supporting a 1989 CPU for no reason until 2026 The Windows Vista logo is: Microsoft making 2014's TPM 2 mandatory on Windows 11.
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When you accidentally say "folder" instead of "directory" in a Linux group. Below there are two pictures of a hairy, bearded man (the og Hagrid from the Harry Porter movies). In the first one, he says, "Shouldn't have said that." In the second one, he says, "I should NOT have said that."
My face after making fun of my friend so much for using Ubuntu instead of Arch, that he installed Windows and stopped talking to me. There is a picture of a woman with clown makeup on with a wry smile on her face to depict the above scenario.
There is a picture of Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds standing together. Below, there is a very real thread where Bill says, "What does VIBE in "Vibe Coding" stand for? To which Linus Torvalds replies, "Very inefficient but entertaining."
When you see someone reaching for the mouse for tasks that can be done with keyboard shortcuts. There is a picture of an angry Homelander (a very kind superhero; this message was bought to you by Vought) with a gaming monitor in front of him.
Happy 21st Birthday git 7 April 2005
Excuse me, sir. Got a minute to hear about a free and open source operating system? Below there is a picture of a man (CJ from GTA San Andreas) surrounded by armed penguins.
God give me a sign which distro I should use There is a picture of an intersection with a green traffic light, and the traffic sign saying "Arch."
What's one Linux tip you wish you knew earlier as a beginner?
The pupil of your eye can expand as much as 55% while looking at something you love: A picture of a dilated pupil inside someone's eye socket. A picture of Tux, the penguin mascot of Linux: The pupil is dilated like a f*cking black hole.
There is a Subaro Outback (car), whose rear end is filled with stickers that say: Linux user since 1991, My other ride runs on Linux, I hack because I care and free wifi, I turn coffee into code, Linux fanboy, Linux may the beer be with you, Linux is the way, and got Linux? The car's number plate says: Bloomfield, New Jersey, LINUXED, Garden State, and LYNNES.
In this two-part picture. The first slide shows a sunflower with a face yelling; they are called "Linux user when some software is not available on Linux." The second slide shows the same sunflower fellow with a coy expression on its yellow face; they are called "Linux user when some software is only available on Linux."
This picture shows a wall with a monitor inside it running Ubuntu. Below, one can see the Wendy's logo.
Learning Linux is always worth it. A floating happy Penguin is on the right, hoisted up with a pink, heart-shaped baloon.
There is a woman standing on top of a skyscraper, holding a sign that says, "archinstall destroyed all the fun."
The picture shows a round table, with armored warriors surrounding it. The ones on the table have pointed their swords on the table's center. The warriors are: Garuda Linux, Slackware Linux, GrapheneOS, Devuan Linux, DB48X, Ageless Linux, MidnightBSD, Arch Linux 32, FreeDOS, Void Linux, and Artix Linux. They are all pointing towards the same decision of "rejecting OS-level age verification."
In this two-panel meme, the first panel shows, "Linux = freedom, privacy, control," with a well-dressed man pictured on the right. The second panel shows, "Please verify your age to install VLC," with a disheveled, bleeding man with his mouth wide open. (looking creepy af)
Slide 1: Two red buttons that are labeled, "Respect user privacy," and "Comply with regulations." Slide 2: There is a man sweating profusely, trying to decide which red button to press. He is called "Linux distro maintainers."
In this four-panel meme: The first panel shows, "Using Linux for freedom," with normal brain activity. The second panel shows, "Avoiding Big Tech tracking," with some heightened brain activity. The third panel shows, "Self-hosing everything," with exploding brain activity. The fourth pane shows, "Entering your DOB to run a package manager," with the whole body glowing with an unfathomable aura.
If you were given a chance to add a feature to Linux, what would it be?
In this two-part comic, the Hulk is seen crying, saying this: Guys, I use Windows for Work.
Infographic titled "Desktop Linux Market Share: March 2026" showing Windows as the dominant desktop OS (66%–96% depending on the source), followed by macOS and Linux (approx. 2.2%–2.8%).  It includes detailed breakdowns from Statcounter, Steam, and Stack Overflow, highlighting Ubuntu and SteamOS as leading Linux distributions.