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I though of:

Your hardware deserves better.

Also you can give some more realistic ones like my friend:

It just (not) works

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[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Have it your* way.

*your way may involve several hours of configuration

[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 1 points 6 days ago

Make Mac style advert showing everything from a touchscreen experience with fully integrated apps to the most advanced computing one could image

'all in your hands, have it your way'

[–] Presi300@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Linux, when you want to tell the computer to shut the fuck up and just do it's job.

[–] SitD@lemy.lol 3 points 6 days ago

you don't even have to tell it 😎 Linux is the silent dangerous type standing in a shady corner

[–] hamburger@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 6 days ago

It’s yours.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 days ago

"Better learn to use the command line, kid"

[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Your computer needs a dose of FREEEEEEDOM

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

This seems to imply that Linux makes your computer produce oil

[–] vane@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Replace OS before they replace you. Linux - the last adventure.

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

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?

[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 3 points 6 days ago

Your hardware Your choice Your style

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago

more powerful than a speeding loco motive

[–] FilthyHands@sh.itjust.works 83 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Good one from back in the day (not mine): "In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates?"

[–] Vitaly@feddit.uk 11 points 1 week ago

But it has a direct reference to it's competitors which won't be viable in 100 years when windows shuts down

[–] InnerScientist@lemmy.world 54 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] superkret@feddit.org 18 points 1 week ago

With the most open CVEs, bugs and ports, anyway.

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[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 52 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] superkret@feddit.org 27 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Fun facts:

The OS wars are over, and Linux won.

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[–] Jank2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 52 points 1 week ago
[–] haerrii@feddit.org 43 points 1 week ago (3 children)

"For slogan, please refer to the according man page"

more seriously maybe "Software it your own way"

[–] naeap@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] JustVik@lemmy.ml 40 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Linux. The Power of the Community.

I didn't come up with it and the picture is not mine. I just found it on the internet earlier.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yours to make, yours to break.

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[–] superkret@feddit.org 27 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 22 points 1 week ago (6 children)

"I didn't want to play that game anyway."

[–] Psyhackological@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 week ago

More like use Adobe or Microsoft as I'm proud gamer since 2 years on Linux https://bazzite.gg/

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[–] LambdaRX@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 week ago (3 children)
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"It's terminal"

[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Psyhackological@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 week ago (4 children)

And when you tell your OS to poweroff it... powers off. Wow.

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[–] canadaduane@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 week ago

Join a Movement, not a Marketplace

[–] specterspectre@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (3 children)

It's a headache but it's your headache.

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[–] Bitflip@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 week ago (4 children)
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[–] will_a113@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

"It just works"

..because that is the state of a mainstream modern distro, and it's not true of Windows anymore.

Alternatively "No nagging, no forced online account."

[–] yo_scottie_oh@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It just works (on my machine)

ftfy

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

Plural.

Can't be arsed fixing that for you.

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[–] macattack@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Two out of 10 Linux users agree that insert name here is the best distro

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[–] Pudutr0n@feddit.cl 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

"We hope you like config files"

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[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

"It does exactly what you tell it to do."

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[–] Guenther_Amanita@slrpnk.net 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The least annoying launcher for your web browser

[–] Mwa@lemm.ee 15 points 1 week ago

"Own your computer" and "Free your computer"

[–] Piwix@lemm.ee 14 points 1 week ago

Own your Computer

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

With a bit of a double-entendre, "It powers the world", since it's the most common server platform.

More funny: "It's not an OS. It's a hobby."

[–] PseudoSpock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 week ago

Batman runs Linux. Shouldn't you?

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