True?

I love how you didn't have to edit in the arch logo because of course you didn't have to

Having Ubuntu with the big bucks instead of Red Hat is mental, given that Canonical made 12M on 250M revenue in 2023 while Red Hat made 434M on 3.4B in 2018. I'm citing these years because that's what's available in Wikipedia. Red Hat is probably more profitable today under IBM. Kinda goes to show the general unawareness of the Linux corporate landscape around here. :D
- I don't think red hat is even on the list, so the fact that they're making even bigger bucks doesn't really matter.
- Bro out here analyzing a meme
  
  True?
  
  Oh damn if you'd rather be ignored, that's super easy to accomplish

- That man is a hero.

You kinda hurt me with the Mint one
- Greetings, fellow Mint using geezer!
- It's the boomer distro now 🥲
- I think I would still recommend this distro today because imho it's very usable if you've never used linux before and it is in my experience very stable and compatible
  (although i use arch now btw, i would probably never recommend it as a beginner distro)
  
  I switched to mint 2ish months ago and a friend of mine switched to fedora at the same time. Both new from windows, I have had no issues with mint but he has now switched to Debian cause he was having issues getting discord to work properly.
  OOTB experience with mint is it works, it kinda feels like cheating having a distro that works easily without tinkering. Like I don't feel like a real Linux user haha, but I would 100% recommend it.
  The meme is very accurate imo, the text would definitely be "hello fellow linux users!" instead of youths haha!
  
  Mint is great for older PCs. If you have a newish computer, there’s better options.
- I’m using mint btw

something tells me this was made by a opensuse user

My OS (chad wojak, very ripped and cool)
Your OS (stinky hairless wojak who is not ripped or cool)
- As you can see, I have drawn you as the soyjak and me as the chad. Clearly my argument is right.

As a Tumbleweed user, I fully agree 😎
- As a Tumbleweed user, I fully agree 😎
  German engineering 😏
  \
- Aeon FTW

NixOS gang, you here?
No? Guess I'm here alone. Meme checks out.
- lmao my etc/nixos/configuration.nix file is a mess, I have a huge list of programs and programming languages I use in packages = with pkgs; [ .... no flakes no modules.... so the meme does not check out for me.... but at least I got i3-window manager working using the wiki
- NixOS = Nix tue Light Drake (NSFW)

Lemme guess ... OP is an open suse user ?

As a Gentoo user, I can confirm I started from sticks and rocks. I'm now in the space age though because of the customizability and performance boosts, so image is a little dated.
- Also that's literally Sir Primitive Technology on that picture, so you had nothing to worry about even from the start!

I would say arch is more of the buzz lightyear shelf meme, you think you're being unique and cool but really its probably the most popular enthusiast distro
- It's not about Arch itself being a unique choice, it's about how Arch looks very different from user to user because they not only had the option but the requirement to install nearly everything but the Kernel themselves.
  The result is that no two Arch users end up with the same OS, just the same kernel and package manager.
  
  90% of Arch users run the exact same installation you get when you copy-paste the example commands from the installation guide without diving into linked pages, then add a user with default groups and install Gnome.
- If you use Arch you're either a neckbeard or a femboy. No in between
  I use Arch btw
  
  Some are femboys with neckbeards.
  
  Use or have used? Because if the latter I just learned something about myself, not sure which yet but...
  
  The third option is the trans woman :3
- I have met 3 arch users irl.
  One was a hacker man kid (unironically one of the best developers I've met), messy hair, hoodie but other wise a regular kid.
  One was his friend, jock kind of kid. Not necessarily good at programming but he did program and was enthusiastic about it.
  Another is a CS major, 6ft tall and fit. Not much else to say about him. He studies CS, you can infer whatever else you want.
  And obviously me (btw), not that I've met myself.

EndevourOs and I feel called out
- I'll take them light up shoes though
  
  Shoe trim lights match his laptop's. I wish I could be half that cool.
- That makes two of us

I use arch btw. Also a mobility scooter.
- Does the scooter run on arch yet?
  
  slaps on mobility scooter seat
  This puppy runs on LibreScooterOS
  
  ...maybe

I'm going to say yes as I sit here wearing a fedora tank top.

Kali linux actually have purpose to teach how to do pentesting not actual tools for pentesting nowadays because in my perspective almost all tools in Kali Linux already in abandoneware or EOL since the tools it self almost never got updated (and still used Python 2.7).
My friends that works as pentesting said to me Learn kali or BlackArch to grasp thing about pentesting, once you already mastered it you create your own tools because different target requires different tools & every pentester & hacker has its own tools that we made ourselves

Omg Manjaro is spot on!
- Yeah... saw that and instantly was like shit they got me.
  
  I'm not sure I fully get the manjaro one. What type of person is that representing?

I like this meme because it portrays me positively 👍

:-(

Manjaro has me dying, lol.

I'd prefer the "ain't nobody got time for that" woman for Mint (and so speaking about the more hands-on distros), but I can't say the existing image isn't accurate.
... not that I can say that it is accurate either. And the demographic in the Threadiverse allegedly has a heavy skew towards that picture, Mint or not, so it might be counterproductive to run a poll here.

True

So I'm a rather large dude in a blue Shirt and an extensive Anime-Collection but I also have a sick haircut, sunglasses and underglow sneakers?
Works for me!
Also: I use Arch BTW.

No Guix System gang?

Happy to be a fedora user.

I'm using MX, but yeah, it's Debian... I'm also an 53yo old coot
- 53 here as well. The Debian guy hit a little close to home.

Debian is on point.

inaccurate. I don't own a suit or an impressive jawline although I am using fedora

Very accurate representation of Garuda Linux
Tbh i kinda like Garuda since it help newbie understanding arch in easy peasy way , i hope other distro take a note & does the same thing since more and more user willing to use linux
Things I don't like from garuda their OS very resources hogging & has weird zram thing that very aggressive in usage

Went from gentoo to manjaro, can confirm. My hut was awesome but the shower took hours to compile.

No Tails?
- They are in the picture, you just can't find them.
  
  They pulled the USB drive when they saw there was a group picture happening

Debian, Ubuntu, Ubuntu reskins, kali, windows and apples are spot on.
Linux mint doesn't fit.
And I can't say for the nix one as I don't get it.
I don't have experience with the others to tell

I don't think you can lump Endeavour and Garuda together. Yes, they're both based on Arch but Endeavours basically is Arch with a GUI installer and sane defaults while Garuda changes a ton of things and adds a ton of customisations that make it very different from a plain Arch (or Endeavour) system.

Garuda, you got me 😭

Why is Fedora a psycho? Or is that not the relevant part? Maybe just business-like?

Great this means I have to use Garuda or Endeavor 😮‍💨

Damn feeling attacked with EndeavourOS.
Though my hair is much longer

Iunno. I'm a fedora user and match more closely to the pics for mint and Manjaro...

i'm mint and void guy at the same time

So, how would MX be under the "How do you do, fellow kids?" one? It's completely flying over my head.

Chrome OS cracked me up 😂

As a Neon user I resent the implication but also understand that it is mostly true

also pureos should be by apple, cause pureos is taxing for these librems

wait, if I use both Arch and Void, where does that leave me? 🤔

Let me summarize the glory of the meme for people who do not get all the distributions references in textual form (and as a check if I get the references): The image shows the branding image of a bunch of operating systems and Linux distributions with memes ... descriptions follow -- left to right top to bottom:
Debian: Smiling old men with tea meme, since it is so standard 0815
Arch Linux: Overweight NPC meme in his room Anime collection in background
Ubuntu: Money Meme (because big Cooperation sponsors Ubuntu I guess?)
LFS (Linux from scratch a Distro where you build everything from scratch to learn how the linux system works): it has some Spongebob meme where Computer science P.h.ds get instructed by a wise snail who is an LFS user
Manjaro: guy who looks cool from the front but his ass is visible in a mirror behind him
Open-Suse: Chad-Meme (I guess the creator of the meme loved suse)
Linux-Mint: Weird guy who wants to be cool with a skateboard... I guess since Linux-mint is so easy to use??
gentoo linux and void linux: Stone age survivor in the woods with old tools (since you build everything from scratch with simple tools in these distros)
Garuda Linux: guy with flashy LED-strips built into his shoes and expensive gaming laptop trys to be cool with sunglasses
Pop-Os/Ubuntu: They are clones of each other, since they are all debian/ubuntu based
fedora: Psychopath American Psycho movie meme
Kali: Hacker with sunglasses on Laptop guy meme
Windows: Guy with a clone of himself behind him holding a gun. (viewing the Candy-Crush advertisement in the start-menu be like:)
Nixos, OpenBSD: Lonely guy sitting on a chair, staring into the void, he seems to be at peace.
Apple: Golden luxury toilet, 5 stars
Tux sits on a white Porsche racing car overtaking chromeOS sitting in a spongebob meme car, Apple with a cool Porsche red racing car behind.
- Hello bitch