If you think Linux powers the internet, it’s time to wake up and smell the kitty litter.
The internet is powered by cats — an indisputable feline fact that Sisal-covered science has proven. We watch more web content about cats than any other SFW subject.
Does this mean our furry friends hiss aggressively at the cultural credit their webbed-foot rival gets in cyber space?
Far from it.
The penguin and the pussy cat have a mutual respect for one another.
Need purr-suading?
I had nothing better to do today (okay, lots of better things to do, but little enthusiasm to do them) so I trawled Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Flickr (yes, I checked, Flickr still exists) to collate the best command-line loving cats, fervent free-software felines, and sweetest open-source shorthairs.
Prepare to waste 3 whole minutes of your life on an article I spent far too long of mine creating.
1. Purrbuntu
Purrrfect
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2. Cat Monitor
“I’m your mew monitor.”
3. Distro Hopping Cat
“Ubuntu’s fast install helps me-owt.”
4. Commander Bash
Litter box or BusyBox — this cat uses the latter to do his business.
5. Less Is More Cat
This cat uses Fur-dora.
6. Ubuntu Cat
What better way to spend some time than by chasing a free and open-source mouse…
7. Crashing X
“You gotta be kitten me — Compiz has crashed again!”
8. Feisty Feline
A vintage photo pulled from Ubuntu’s hiss-tory.
9. Purrvacy
Pixie Grumpkins holds the AES 256 key to my affections <3
10. Ubuntummy
She wanted GRUB in her belly, but all she got was this lousy sticker.
11. Red Hat Cat
This moggy is pawsitively tired after wrestling with a new Fedora install.
12. Kernel Panic
“This is the furred kernel panic today…”
13. Intrepid Ibex
Less intrepid, more snooze-id.
14. Just adorable
Show Us Your Cat!
Does your cat use Ubuntu? Does nextdoor’s feline favourite Fedora? Maybe your mum’s moggy is a member of the Mageia mafia…?
Whatever the cat, whatever the distro we want to see ’em.
Share your photo on Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #LinuxCats — we’ll revisit this post in a few weeks to add in the best of your photos!