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not_IO lemmy.blahaj.zone not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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daggermoon piefed.world daggermoon@piefed.world
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#2 · Quote Reply

Who made this?

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piyuv lemmy.world piyuv@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-15
#3 · Quote Reply

Who made this?

There are credits at the end

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TheTechnician27 lemmy.world TheTechnician27@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-07-25
#4 · (edited) Quote Reply

Here's the original without the giant, fuck-off text shoving the entire joke in your face the whole time.

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daggermoon piefed.world daggermoon@piefed.world
Joined: 2026-03-01
#5 · Quote Reply

There are credits at the end

I still have more questions than answers.

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AVincentInSpace pawb.social AVincentInSpace@pawb.social
Joined: 2023-09-13
#6 · Quote Reply

I gotta say, "living embodiment of Linux as a Christ figure" was not something I expected to see today.

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Frenchgeek lemmy.ml Frenchgeek@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2025-08-31
#7 · Quote Reply

So will Microsoft, to their cloud.

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mmmm sopuli.xyz mmmm@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2025-04-07
#8 · Quote Reply

Been using linux since 2006 and this is the first time I see an ad for it. Well done.

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LemmyPlaceDN europe.pub LemmyPlaceDN@europe.pub
Joined: 2026-07-09
#9 · Quote Reply

I gotta say, "living embodiment of Linux as a Christ figure" was not something I expected to see today.

Linux is my personal savior. You can make a religion out if this!

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iknewitwhenisawit fedinsfw.app iknewitwhenisawit@fedinsfw.app
Joined: 2026-03-26
#10 · Quote Reply

Here's the original without the giant, fuck-off text shoving the entire joke in your face the whole time.

There must be something wrong with YouTube, because it says that was uploaded 18 years ago.

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ranzispa mander.xyz ranzispa@mander.xyz
Joined: 2025-10-18
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Been using linux since 2006 and this is the first time I see an ad for it. Well done.

I remember suse making quite a few back in the days, some were pretty nice.

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TheTechnician27 lemmy.world TheTechnician27@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-07-25
#12 · Quote Reply

There must be something wrong with YouTube, because it says that was uploaded 18 years ago.

I know, right? Hey, did you see that there's a new Llamas with Hats?

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Telodzrum lemmy.world Telodzrum@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-13
#13 · (edited) Quote Reply

I remember suse making quite a few back in the days, some were pretty nice.
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ChaosMonkey lemmy.dbzer0.com ChaosMonkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-06-04
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There must be something wrong with YouTube, because it says that was uploaded 18 years ago.

Wdym, it was actually uploaded 18 years ago.

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Grass sh.itjust.works Grass@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-09-30
#15 · Quote Reply

maybe circle the overlaid punchline in red next time so I don't miss the joke

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wonderingwanderer sopuli.xyz wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2025-12-31
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I gotta say, "living embodiment of Linux as a Christ figure" was not something I expected to see today.

I was hoping Tux would have a persona more like Dr. Cox, sweeping in nonchalantly to save the patient while badgering the interns for being incompetent

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bedwyr piefed.ca bedwyr@piefed.ca
Joined: 2026-03-23
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It is, too late, for my PC.

The C drive is full despite me having very little saved, some music, some openoffice docs, that's it. Idk how to clean it or wipe it, every folder under C seems empty yet the space is full.

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hexagonwin lemmy.today hexagonwin@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-02-07
#18 · Quote Reply

It is, too late, for my PC. The C drive is full despite me having very little saved, some music, some openoffice docs, that's it. Idk how to clean it or wipe it, every folder under C seems empty yet the space is full.

i guess you're on windows? use treesize or wiztree and find what uses space

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hexagonwin lemmy.today hexagonwin@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-02-07
#19 · Quote Reply

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fyi you probably wanna cut the parameter in url after video id as it may identify you

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bedwyr piefed.ca bedwyr@piefed.ca
Joined: 2026-03-23
#20 · (edited) Quote Reply

i guess you're on windows? use treesize or wiztree and find what uses space

Thank You! I am trying to figure out how to get on linux, I am not a computer guy.

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Rai lemmy.dbzer0.com Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2023-07-01
#21 · Quote Reply

I know, right? Hey, did you see that there's a new Llamas with Hats?

That kills people!

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Feathercrown lemmy.world Feathercrown@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-06
#22 · Quote Reply

i guess you're on windows? use treesize or wiztree and find what uses space

Wiztree my beloved

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TwodogsFighting lemdro.id TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id
Joined: 2025-07-14
#23 · Quote Reply

Apparently, Linux can't even get people to spell 'losing' correctly.

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Danitos reddthat.com Danitos@reddthat.com
Joined: 2024-01-17
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This is one of those "it's so bad that it's good" movies. Love it.

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justme lemmy.dbzer0.com justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-04-17
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geez that tux looks creepy af xD Love it!

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palordrolap fedia.io palordrolap@fedia.io
Joined: 2024-08-13
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It is, too late, for my PC. The C drive is full despite me having very little saved, some music, some openoffice docs, that's it. Idk how to clean it or wipe it, every folder under C seems empty yet the space is full.

Given your apparent technical level, I think you need to get your PC to someone who can work on it in person.

If you had space and better technical skills, there are tools you could install to help you track down where all the space is in use, but I don't feel confident that things would go well talking you through that on an Internet forum.

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bedwyr piefed.ca bedwyr@piefed.ca
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Given your apparent technical level, I think you need to get your PC to someone who can work on it in person. If you had space and better technical skills, there are tools you could install to help you track down where all the space is in use, but I don't feel confident that things would go well talking you through that on an Internet forum.

I am not stupid just never learned computer stuff more than I had too. My focus is elsewhere. I can and will do it myself because that is my only option.

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palordrolap fedia.io palordrolap@fedia.io
Joined: 2024-08-13
#28 · Quote Reply

Wdym, it was actually uploaded 18 years ago.

I believe they are exhibiting denial that YouTube could possibly be old enough to have videos uploaded 18 years ago.

This denial is being done mostly in jest to cover the true, creeping, dripping, existential despair that so much time has passed, but at the same time to commiserate and laugh with others who are similarly affected. Drip, drip, tick, tick, tick.

Also, the video turns 19 in a couple of months. yaaaaay

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ideonek piefed.social ideonek@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-08
#29 · Quote Reply

Joke is allways funnier when you start with the point.

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pedz lemmy.ca pedz@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-08-07
#30 · Quote Reply

Been using linux since 2006 and this is the first time I see an ad for it. Well done.

IBM made ads for Linux in the beginning of the 2000s. Most were a bit weird.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7ozaFbqg00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vggF3VIzVpI

Here's one with Sisko (Avery Brooks): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJA9eiUktcA

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JATth lemmy.world JATtho@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-04
#31 · Quote Reply

*If you install a light weight distro close to the mainline ones.

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palordrolap fedia.io palordrolap@fedia.io
Joined: 2024-08-13
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I am not stupid just never learned computer stuff more than I had too. My focus is elsewhere. I can and will do it myself because that is my only option.

Sorry, I never meant to imply you were stupid. Only that you didn't seem to be of a high enough technical level - right now - to be able to solve your PC problems.

As for (non-committal) further advice: Backups, backups, backups. And then a tool like WinDirStat to track down what's using all your space. There are YouTube videos that show you how to use it.

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MonkeMischief lemmy.today MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
Joined: 2023-10-24
#33 · Quote Reply

geez that tux looks creepy af xD Love it!

Like that Panda commercial where it'd stare people down and then wreck their desks in a rage. Lmao

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MonkeMischief lemmy.today MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
Joined: 2023-10-24
#34 · Quote Reply

maybe circle the overlaid punchline in red next time so I don't miss the joke

And add some Subway Surfers or Skylanders footage so I don't scroll away in the first half-second.

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Ann Archy lemmy.world anarchy79@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-17
#35 · (edited) Quote Reply

Joke is allways funnier when you start with the point.

That way I know what is coming and won't risk having my expectations subverted.

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MonkeMischief lemmy.today MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
Joined: 2023-10-24
#36 · (edited) Quote Reply

Apparently, Linux can't even get people to spell 'losing' correctly.

It has me loosing my grammar correcting urges. X_X

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Ann Archy lemmy.world anarchy79@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-17
#37 · Quote Reply

There is a difference between macOS and Linux.

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MonkeMischief lemmy.today MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
Joined: 2023-10-24
#38 · Quote Reply

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SUSE parodies remind me of when tech competition was actually fun. <3

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/home/pineapplelover lemmy.dbzer0.com pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-06-30
#39 · Quote Reply

Honestly don't get the joke

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toynbee piefed.social toynbee@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-09-12
#40 · Quote Reply

There must be something wrong with YouTube, because it says that was uploaded 18 years ago.

Did you know that YouTube was originally created to document the Janet Jackson incident?

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Fmstrat lemmy.world Fmstrat@lemmy.world
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#41 · Quote Reply

Been using linux since 2006 and this is the first time I see an ad for it. Well done.

This ad was made just 2 years after you started.

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ideonek piefed.social ideonek@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-08
#42 · Quote Reply

That way I know what is coming and won't risk having my expectations subverted.

As we know, surprise is a comedy killer.

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onlinepersona programming.dev onlinepersona@programming.dev
Joined: 2023-09-01
#43 · Quote Reply

Here's the original without the giant, fuck-off text shoving the entire joke in your face the whole time.

Fuck off text?

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onlinepersona programming.dev onlinepersona@programming.dev
Joined: 2023-09-01
#44 · Quote Reply

There is a difference between macOS and Linux.

Yes, MacOS is corporate surveillance crap and Linux isn't.

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onlinepersona programming.dev onlinepersona@programming.dev
Joined: 2023-09-01
#45 · Quote Reply

I am not stupid just never learned computer stuff more than I had too. My focus is elsewhere. I can and will do it myself because that is my only option.

Get a new drive, and a USB stick, and follow these instructions . Once you get to the installation part, stop your PC, take out your windows drive, put in the new one, and continue.

After the installation, stop the PC, put the windows drive back in, together with the linux drive, and start the PC back up. Select linux at boot up. You should then be able to access your Windows drive from Linux and safely copy your data to the Linux drive.

Keep using linux until you feel comfortable and only then can you wipe your Windows drive and extend linux onto it.

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Ann Archy lemmy.world anarchy79@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-17
#46 · Quote Reply

Yes, MacOS is corporate surveillance crap and Linux isn't.

Took the words out of my mouth. I mean they weren't in there, but I am glad you said it for us.

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Ann Archy lemmy.world anarchy79@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-17
#47 · Quote Reply

As we know, surprise is a comedy killer.

OH MY GOD!

Shit. You scared me!

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TheTechnician27 lemmy.world TheTechnician27@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-07-25
#48 · Quote Reply

Fuck off text?

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fuck-off

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Wispy2891 lemmy.world Wispy2891@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-13
#49 · Quote Reply

The state of the internet today: you need a giant text with the punchline because otherwise people won't watch a 50 seconds sketch

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justme lemmy.dbzer0.com justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-04-17
#50 · Quote Reply

Like that Panda commercial where it'd stare people down and then wreck their desks in a rage. Lmao

i just saw some commercial (don't remember about what) with a panda explaining the product and i thought exactly of the "don't mess with panda" spots xD

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onlinepersona programming.dev onlinepersona@programming.dev
Joined: 2023-09-01
#51 · Quote Reply

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fuck-off

You learn something new everyday

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