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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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[–] neidu3 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 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."

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"We hope you like config files"

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"I heard you like files... Everything is a file."

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

"Own your computer" and "Free your computer"

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
  • Remove kernel.
  • Ok.
[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

Own your Computer

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The least annoying launcher for your web browser

[–] [email protected] 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."

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

Batman runs Linux. Shouldn't you?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

Buy it, own it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

Sovereign Computing

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

“If you knew what it was, you’d be using it already.”

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Wobbly Windows in a Windows-less World

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Forget the hardware

YOU deserve better

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Build a Legacy, not a Lock-In

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Think ~~Different~~ Freely.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

If you don't read the man pages, we're going to ban you from the chat.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Tailored for You, By You

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

I'd copy you and drop the hardware. Just: you deserve better

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Probably thing valve does where all the other players in the market are so shit, you doing very little garners huge public support.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

You can fix it, really. :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

"Linux...

"Because you don't have to be the product"

"No overlords"

"What spying?"

"Infinitely extendable"

Which one do you like best?

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