## 🏆 Award 1: *The 'I Swear This Worked Yesterday' Award*

**Winner:**

> Manjaro... sorry... not sorry.

**Delivery:**

> "You might be a Linux nerd if the most accurate bug report you can give is…
>
> 'I didn't change anything.'"

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## 🏆 Award 2: *The 'New Project That Solves a Problem Nobody Asked For' Award*

**Winner:**

> **Every new Rust-based rewrite announced this year**

**Tag:**

> "It's faster, safer, memory-secure…
>
> and does exactly what the old one did."

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## 🏆 Award 3: *The 'Why Is This Still Hard?' Award*

**Winner:**

> **Bluetooth**

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## 🏆 Award 4: *The 'I'll Just Script That' Award*

**Winner:**

> **Every Linux user in this community. Respect!!!**

**Delivery:**

> "You might be a Linux nerd if writing a script took three hours…
>
> and saved you 12 seconds."

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## 🏆 Award 5: *The 'I Don't Use Defaults' Award*

**Winner:**

> Anyone who has spent 6 hours ricing, configuring, and scripting to personalize your UX

**Line (pick one):**

**Option A (Foxworthy-clean):**

> "You might be a Linux nerd if the first thing you did after installation was delete the desktop…
>
> and call it progress."

**Option B (extra spicy):**

> "You might be a Linux nerd if 'out of the box' is considered an insult."

**Option C (community laugh):**

> "You didn't customize Linux —
>
> you replaced it."

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## 🏆 Award 6: *The "I Switched Platforms and Told You About It" Award*

**(aka: "So What If You Switched from GitHub to Codeberg" Award)**
**(aka: "Who Gives a Sht, Drew" Award)**

**Winner:**

> Everyone who migrated this year — especially the ones who wrote a manifesto

**Delivery:**

> "You might be a Linux nerd if you didn't just leave a platform…
>
> you announced it, justified it, defended it,
>
> and pinned the post."

**Tag (optional self-own):**

> "Yes. I see the irony."
>
> This one kills because you're in on the joke.

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## 🏆 Award 7: *The 'Linux Desktop of the Year' Award*

**Winner:**

> Anyone who did a video or article on why THIS IS THE YEAR of the linux desktop and truly believed it.

**Note:**

> And to be clear - this award is peer-reviewed.

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## 🏆 Award 8: *The "My Favorite Video I Made This Year" Award*

**Winner:**

> [To be filled in]

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## 🏆 Award 9: *The 'Wayland Will Be Ready Soon' Award*

**Winner:**

> X11 — still refusing to die after 40 years

**Delivery:**

> "You might be a Linux nerd if you're still waiting for your graphics driver…
>
> to care about your screen tearing."

**Tag:**

> "Next year. Definitely next year."

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## 🏆 Award 10: *The 'At Least It's Not Snap' Award*

**Winner:**

> Every other package format

**Delivery:**

> "You might be a Linux nerd if you spent 20 minutes explaining why Flatpak is superior…
>
> to someone who just wanted to install VLC."

**Note:**

> "This award is sponsored by arguments nobody asked for."

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## 🏆 Award 11: *The 'I'll Just Compile It From Source' Award*

**Winner:**

> Anyone who has said 'How hard could it be?' before reading INSTALL.txt

**Delivery:**

> "You might be a Linux nerd if 'missing dependency' is just the first level…
>
> of a very long game."

**Tag:**

> "Four hours later: 'I'll just use the AppImage.'"

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## 🏆 Award 12: *The 'My Family Thinks I Work in IT' Award*

**Winner:**

> Every Linux user asked to fix a Windows computer

**Delivery:**

> "You might be a Linux nerd if your technical expertise…
>
> is clicking 'Next' with more confidence than they would."

**Tag:**

> "But hey, free Thanksgiving dinner."