Forget the hardware
YOU deserve better
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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.
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If you don't read the man pages, we're going to ban you from the chat.
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.
Think ~~Different~~ Freely.
"Better learn to use the command line, kid"
Linux: you've been using it for years and don't even know it
Linux: "Freedom and innovation for all"
Build a Legacy, not a Lock-In
Its my machine. I dont need to sign into Microsofts Terms and Conditions to be able to use my hardware.
Be Your Own Tech Support
Tailored for You, By You
I'd copy you and drop the hardware. Just: you deserve better
You can fix it, really. :)
Replace OS before they replace you. Linux - the last adventure.
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.
Take your digital freedom back!
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?
"Linux...
"Because you don't have to be the product"
"No overlords"
"What spying?"
"Infinitely extendable"
Which one do you like best?
Probably thing valve does where all the other players in the market are so shit, you doing very little garners huge public support.
RTFW
Linux/GNU: We put GNU where it belongs.
Can’t believe it’s not Windows.
Your hardware Your choice Your style
At least it's not Windows?
Linux: it ain't Windows.
The penguin is merciful.