Think Linux is the glue that binds the internet together? Wake up and smell the kitty litter.
It is an indisputable feline fact that the internet is powered by cats. Sisal-covered science has proven that we watch more web content about cats than any other SFW subject out there.
But that doesn’t mean our furry friends dislike their web-footed rival. No, 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
2. Cat Monitor
“I’m your mew monitor.”
xinput float 11. Disabling #keyboard in #ubuntu. Winning against the #cat feels good. pic.twitter.com/2zRr5KIM31
— Florian Kraft (@carhillion) February 13, 2016
3. Distro Hopping Cat
“Ubuntu’s fast install helps me-owt.”
Cat being very helpful installing ubuntu pic.twitter.com/1QHLZplzx4
— Brad Huskins (@bhus) March 14, 2014
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.
#Catunday unhappy about the use of 'less' to view a file in Linux when cat will do. #LinuxJoke pic.twitter.com/SynlIeAQ5I
— Callum (@rapiddescentsco) January 3, 2016
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!”
Teaching the cat linux pic.twitter.com/DlIZWiD99O
— Adrien Brault-Lesage (@AdrienBrault) September 23, 2015
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
We are working to resolve issues with the site. In the mean time here's some wide words from #Ubuntu Cat: pic.twitter.com/xrtXGsX9
— OMG! Ubuntu! (@omgubuntu) January 15, 2013
10. Ubuntummy
She wanted GRUB in her belly, but all she got was this lousy sticker.
#Ubuntu Releases Security Update http://t.co/oxGVuV5Jux #infosec pic.twitter.com/eSpLgCAslu
— IT Security Cat (@Information_Cat) March 20, 2015
11. Red Hat Cat
This moggy is pawsitively tired after wrestling with a new Fedora install.
Red(c)Hat :-) #redhat #cat pic.twitter.com/elp2TEkI4T
— 510Mb (@marcelboogert) March 13, 2016
12. Kernel Panic
“This is the furred kernel panic today…”
cat で kernel panic で許してもらおうhttp://t.co/1Vs9fLOHBy pic.twitter.com/xiRnzRiywU
— Debian11 "bullseye" full freezeは7/17開始 (@debianjp) March 20, 2014
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!