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No sorry man, it’s my british humor coming out. I needed to bait some linux users :) I’m one of those evil people who works in marketing. But thank you for the tips, I do appreciate it!
Don't be sorry, the joke was funny, it's just that you're talking to this kind of crowd
This is so apt, I'm not a Linux user but I've seen so many on Lemmy this fits. One day I may join y'all... One day.
I knew it was a troll post.
Company called Linux
Only mentioned programs that work in Linux
The general way of writing
I wasn't sure myself honestly, thought I'd check if someone else brought it up first
I think people get super excited to share the good news that it's not a company behind it and all the benefits that come with that
How much of the question was sincere and how many of my time was wasted? XD