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🏆 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.'"
🏆 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."
🏆 Award 3: The 'Why Is This Still Hard?' Award
Winner:
Bluetooth
🏆 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."
🏆 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."
🏆 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.
🏆 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.
🏆 Award 8: The "My Favorite Video I Made This Year" Award
Winner:
[To be filled in]
🏆 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."
🏆 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."
🏆 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.'"
🏆 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."