or cult, I don't see difference

God doesn't work. Linux does. Prayers to God are left unanswered. Prayers to Linux are accepted via well defined interfaces and answered if you have the correct permissions.

God actually does answer prayers but they get blocked by ufw
Praise be to the Omnissiah!
Tbf, God might consider prayers based on how they'll affect the underlying system as a whole, because any human being with sudo rights would be a massive problem in no time.

Linux might be more appealing to some because by default it assumes you're a god and fully understand the ramifications of whatever you're asking of it. We're wired to enjoy instant gratification, even if it leads to disaster. :p

Religion is about shit that is not real. Linux is about good engineering and open source software.

Big fat downvote for this pathetic attempt st being provocative.

Religion is about shit that is not real

"Year of Linux on Desktop"

"Better than Windows"

"Linux is easy"

"You never need to use the terminal"

"Everything you need runs on Linux"

"Android IS Linux, therefore is the most popular OS"

Yeah, sounds like religion to me.
- Year of Linux on Desktop
  
  More of a meme than anything else
  
  Better than Windows
  
  Well yeah, it is in almost every way.
  
  Linux is easy
  
  It’s not particularly hard.
  
  You never need to use the terminal
  
  Yeah, that’s just a lie.
  
  Everything you need runs
  
  Depends what you need
  
  Android IS Linux
  
  Well, it is.
- Except all of it is true and tested. :/
  
  Ps: have you ever heard anyone say "Islam/Sikhism/AnyOtherReligion is easy"?
  
  No. Because it's a really dumb comparison.
- Naw
  
  Yea
  
  Get gud
  
  Terminal is the shit
  
  Well it could, fuck adobe
  
  Ehh no not really
- StrawnmanOS released soon?
- Android is crap and Linux is better not mentioned together with it. I want a true Linux phone with gnome-shell as a user interface!
  
  Sadly existing phones don't fit in my pocket and have a very bad battery life.
You seem like a fun person.
- I am fun, just not in the presence of bs and cheap jokes.
I mean, people's attitude towards linux here is similar to religion
- This is a meme community, I'm not sure what you're expecting.
- Sure, but then your meme format isn't reflecting that so clearly.
- Nope.
  
  The attitude here is the same as the attitude towards anything that really works and it works really well so people love to recommend it. This happens to many other things and products.

no, linux is the kernel. "free software" is the religion

(but seriously, theres nothing here that could be called a religion, that would be like saying d&d is a religion or a cult because a lot of people like it, or like calling any community a religion. it makes no sense)

The difference between Linux and a cult is that Linus Torvalds actually did what he said he'd do.
- Yeah he doesn't have a creepy harem while making promises about wacky rituals granting access to "The Ultimate Repository," while telling you to cut ties with any non-Linux friends. (Yes, even BSD.)
  
  Then we could start worrying. Lol
Even free software isn't, because free software delivers objective, non-placebo benefits to people, whether they "practice it" or not. Even when they don't consciously participate or are even aware of it.
- yeah i put the stuff inside () because i want people to know nothing here and nothing related is a religion

If it is a religion, then it is a very fragmented one.

So, exactly like a religion.
- This implies there is only one true distro and the rest are attempts to misguide you into using closed source software
My brother in Christ, have you seen the history of the 3 major religions on this planet?
Do you have any idea how many denominations of Christianity there are? And most of them are open source.
- I would rather say that Christianity is open source, but it's distributed with the MIT license and every relevant implementation is closed source and plants DRM software all over the system

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

Amen.

Where's the Linux orgy's guys? Cult's are supposed to have orgy's.

Prepare to be disappointed. This is how Linux disciples have sex (SFW).
- Stop it! I can only get so hard!
- 🥵
You have to become a 4th level sysadmin, and donate at least 3 accepted PR to the kernel in chief in order to get an invite

The Linux source, coc and governance continues to be improved upon, while the religious scripture and institutions mainly stay fixed

Holy crap that's actually a fantastic image in my head...

Some people would think it's a religion cause linux isn't a household name.

The true cultists are emacs users...and we keep getting stronger.

We belive in St. IGNUcious!
VIM forever! Emacs is blasphemy!
- Have you heard of evil-mode?

People can and do make idols of anything, but Linux in itself is not a religion.

Torvold's is still alive right?

Cults are religions whose founders are still alive.

Not rather Richard Stallman (if we're not talking about the kernel)?
- And Stallman took skin from his foot, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, ‘Take and eat; this is my body.’
- He's the one who was prophesized in the GNU testament.
- Okay, so we have two prophets. Unconventional, I know, but I think you can see the advantages. For example, vacations in aruba.

If Linux is a religion like Christianity then I expect Jesus to appear in front of me right now and double my fishes.

Linux works, Christianity does not.

Replace Bash with Fish. Open two terminals.

echo "Check mate".
- mate
  
  fish: mate not found 😔

Might be thinking of TempleOS there.

Does using Linux, Windows, and MacOS simultaneously make me some kind of faith-exploring pilgrim?

- Need to replace the cross with Tux.
- hides

So which OS is which religion? Right now I'm thinking unix=Judaism (older, predecessor to newer oses), linux=Christianity (distros=demominations, roots in unix.), macos=Islam(jobs is their prophet, roots in unix). Not sure about Windows. I guess maybe it could be Christianity and Linux Hindu or Buddhist...

Windows can't be Christianity, it's not fragmented enough. It's either Scientology because it's tightly controlled and without meaningful denominations. Or Buddhism from a very western point of view (i.e. oblivious to the denominations and local variations).
- Scientology because it saps your money.

A religion is just a cult with more followers.

Then what does that make Linux?

Oh wait...

It's the filthy Arch heretics that are a cult! All true believers use Mint!

Repent heretic! Return to your roots and embrace Debian!
- The New Covenant supersedes the Old Covenant!
No thanks, Mint is a great distro for beginners only
- Oh come on! At least call me an unwashed peasant or something! How are we going to get a holy war going with that attitude?
- All seriosuness, mint is honestly a good distro even for power users, i installed it on an ssd and used it on a pc a cobled together from parts i had lying around while my main pc was out of state (i left it behind at school for winter break) and i was surprised to find that it was about as easy to work on as arch or debian from a clean install
- It sure is. Was the perfect distro for me to dip my toes in the water. It's been 2 months and I'm learning a lot and having way more fun with my computer than I ever have.

I feel like ideology is more accurate, but alright

I used the word philosophy, but yes. I think that's a more appropriate word than religion/cult.

Absolutely. The only difference is that the benefits aren't imaginary, they are quite tangible.

And with the countless different distributions, its a polytheistic one.

There hasn't been a debian update for 2000 years so...

Debian is updated monthly

The Church of Emacs would like to have a word, and for you to open your heart to Emacs.

https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/ChurchOfEmacs

And for those who already get the joke:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnnb6sjgk3A

thats bait.meme

So? (says while using terminal with gibberish commands to mere mortals)

All Praise Bob!

My sacrament is a bootable usb stick

Mine currently has five different distros, for any given mood
- Real talk what do you do? Just partition your drive for different flavours or do you just wipe your pc multiple times?

On this community, absolutely. In business, no it's just one of the things you use.

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