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    United, Linux fights for freedom! (sh.itjust.works)
    submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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    DISCLAIMER: This is not my OC ^[1][2.1][2.2]^.

    • The image is thought to have been originally shared here ^[2.1]^.
    • The poster can be purchased from the artist here ^[2.2]^.

    References

    1. Type: Post. Title: "I found this piece of art in my friends' chat. I have no idea who the artist is, but it's so freakin' cool!". Author: "antonballls" ("u/Physical_Air4112"). Publisher: ["Reddit">"r/linuxmemes"]. Published: 2025-12-12T14:25:55.585Z. Accessed: 2025-12-22T03:42Z. URI: https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxmemes/comments/1pkt6pa/i_found_this_piece_of_art_in_my_friends_chat_i/.
    2. Type: Post. Title: "United, Linux fights for freedom!". Author: "Kalcifer" ("@Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works"). Publisher: ["sh.itjust.works">"linuxmemes" ("!linuxmemes@lemmy.world").] Published: 2025-12-22T03:46:02Z. Accessed: 2025-12-23T08:03Z. URI: https://sh.itjust.works/post/52020293.
      1. Type: Comment. Author: "EponymousBosh" ("@EponymousBosh@awful.systems"). Published: 2025-12-22T16:02:34Z. URI: https://sh.itjust.works/post/52020293/22784344.

        Here’s the original source, AFAIK: https://www.tumblr.com/sirityzer/708726935428235264/my-brother-commissioned-me-to-make-some-linux

      2. Type: Comment. Author: "@Fmstrat@lemmy.world". Published: 2025-12-23T02:57:46Z. Accessed: 2025-12-22T07:59Z. URI: https://sh.itjust.works/post/52020293/22793677.

        You can purchase this as a poster from the artist: https://www.redbubble.com/i/poster/Linux-United-by-RadixRoss/160163174.LVTDI

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    [–] Digit@lemmy.wtf 1 points 11 hours ago

    not all fight for freedom quite to the fullest of the original ideal ... https://gnu.org/philosophy

    [–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    Linux users, united?

    People in this community will cry over what init system or desktop environment somebody else uses.

    [–] creature@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

    Yeah, because they have the freedom to even make those choices in the first place, lmao.

    You can be united under democracy and by necessity still disagree over different ideas

    [–] kieron115@startrek.website 4 points 1 day ago

    get out of here with your moderate, nuanced viewpoint!

    [–] Burninator05@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

    Listen "friend", I don't take kindly to you critiquing my choice in text editor like that when you've clearly chosen a slightly different one. I think it might be best if you just move along.

    [–] Fmstrat@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    You can purchase this as a poster from the artist: https://www.redbubble.com/i/poster/Linux-United-by-RadixRoss/160163174.LVTDI

    [–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

    You da real MVP

    [–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

    Thank you for sharing! I have added your link to the body of my post.

    [–] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 110 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    Where’s the flag for Hannah Montana Linux

    [–] Ininewcrow@piefed.ca 71 points 2 days ago

    It's way ahead of everyone else and will be the first in the line of fire.

    [–] Aedis@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

    Right next to TempleOS

    [–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

    Plot twist, they were with the axis powers

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    [–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    Why is Cent OS there? It's dead.

    [–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

    But his soul is marching on...

    [–] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

    Manjaro and ZorinOs instead of EndeavourOS and Bazzite is criminal.

    [–] Jarix@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    United my ass

    [–] embed_me@programming.dev 6 points 1 day ago

    United in their disdain for windows maybe

    [–] JayDee 54 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    Very ironic use of war propaganda, considering that Microsoft's market model is closer to the colonial powers that usually use this format - and the fact that linux often attracts anarchists due to its open, collaborative design.

    [–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 24 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

    Is there specific war propaganda this is mirroring? Propaganda isn't necessarily a bad thing. It's very helpful in revolutionary resistance movements. Is this mirroring something specific or are you just talking about the aesthetics of it?

    [–] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 77 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    It's a well-known propaganda poster from WW2.

    [–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    Union Jack represented multiple times

    πŸ€”

    [–] whosepoopisonmybuttocks@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    Yes, how did those pesky English manage to add their symbol to all these other flags?

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    [–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

    Cool. So it's the good propaganda.

    [–] FlowerFan@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago

    Itβ€˜s anti-fascist ww2 propaganda

    [–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

    Famously, peaceful movements don't use a lot of propaganda posters.

    Maybe we ask Shepard Fairey to do one for us? Or just some psychedelic 70's concert poster with distros?

    Edit: Don't crucify me for using AI:

    Edit 2: People downvoting, I was using AI as the tool it's meant to be - a quick first draft, proof of concept to sort out ideas. I'm not going to spend hours mocking up both of these for a comment on a meme. I will spend time on one of them, maybe, later. Real human time with 10 fingers and eyes that aren't all squishy.

    [–] seraphine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

    crucifies you for using AI

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    [–] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    Gimp is free πŸ’”

    [–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

    JFC, I'm using it NOW to make a real version! It was a proof of concept use! Y'all are so blinded by hate.

    [–] DeltaWingDragon@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

    I am not going to crucify you.

    I will hang you on a comma!

    Or in this case, on the robot's bad spelling.

    ARCH LINUK
    ELEMENTART OS
    POPI. OS
    KALLILINUX

    [–] percent@infosec.pub 6 points 1 day ago (4 children)
    • ARCH LINUK
    • ELEMENTART OS
    • POPI OS
    • KALLLINUX
    [–] DeltaWingDragon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

    I did not see your comment before I posted my own spelling corrections, you beat me to it

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    [–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    I like the style and mistakes of the 60s style one. Elemen Tart Os, KaLLLinux, the guitar strings at the headstock

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    [–] Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 day ago

    crucifies you anyway

    [–] EponymousBosh@awful.systems 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    Here's the original source, AFAIK: https://www.tumblr.com/sirityzer/708726935428235264/my-brother-commissioned-me-to-make-some-linux

    [–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

    Thank you! I have added your link to the body of my post.

    [–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 22 points 2 days ago (1 children)

    (openSUSE represented in a meme? What a day!)

    Imagine a KDE destroyer (kestroyer?) shattering your Windows from miles away!

    [–] Shipgirlboy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

    You mean a KDEstroyer

    [–] littleomid@feddit.org 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

    I don’t understand what I’m looking at. Who is carrying the flags? The ship? The planes?

    [–] _Nico198X_@europe.pub 29 points 2 days ago

    our hearts

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    [–] nagaram@startrek.website 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

    My life for Super Users!

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    [–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 24 points 2 days ago

    We fight for the users!

    [–] griesemaster@lemmy.world 0 points 22 hours ago

    Yeah... this is way too similar in style to legit Nazi propaganda for me to engage with.

    [–] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

    Nyarch supremacy

    [–] halvar@lemy.lol 6 points 1 day ago

    Linux Undivided

    [–] Tealk@rollenspiel.forum 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

    Which distro uses this android as its logo? Purple flag.

    [–] SpongyAneurysm@feddit.org 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    That's Tails, and I think it represents a USB-stick with a smiley face.

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    [–] percent@infosec.pub 7 points 1 day ago

    Depending on which flag, either Tails or Gentoo

    [–] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 4 points 2 days ago

    Tails I think

    [–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 days ago

    Black and Red. Gonna have to say I'll be with the Debian boys during the revolution.

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