Made Dog Tags for my first Linux Festival coming up!
Posted by dj_raidar_vip@reddit | linux | View on Reddit | 154 comments
Hello!
I've been developing West Virginia's Linux Festival and I made some themed humerous dog tags related to linux, affinity with command line text editors, GUIs (yes, I know KDE and GNOME are not all of them, but the majority of the Linux machines people will be trying out at the festival use those front-ends generally), and even some fun self hosted memes included, all branded with our event logo.
We are trying to grow the movement of Linux, digital independence, privacy, true ownership, and more to truly own our technology.
I am still new to planning a Linux Festival, and we have already got the green light to grow it next year with full support of the University.
Any advice for growth is appreciated!
Also, send me a DM is you are interested in a Dog Tag!
wolfegothmog@reddit
Team Nano ftw, these are sick dude
Eclipsez0r@reddit
I'd be legitimately curious how popular those are.
I've been on the vi(m) bandwagon from day one so I'll admit I'm biased.
I also note the lack of Emacs.
drinkplentyofwater@reddit
how did you miss the emacs tag??
wolfegothmog@reddit
I like saving and exiting without having to reach too deep in my brain lol
miaRedDragon@reddit
That fedora one is going to get some looks for sure 🤣
chocopudding17@reddit
I surprised myself by actually feeling a bit offended, tbh. Not least of all because, it doesn't make sense. Like, the biggest similarity between Arch and Fedora is...that they have blue logos?
I'd love a cool Fedora dog tag, but I'd absolutely never wear this one. And would (mildly) judge those that do.
drinkplentyofwater@reddit
my thoughts exactly
McDonaldsWitchcraft@reddit
While not rolling release, Fedora usually rolls out updates pretty fast.
reD_Bo0n@reddit
I would rub the Arch tag into everyone's face, for the joke obviously
hifi-nerd@reddit
Why have i never heard of a linux festival before and why isn't this everywhere?
-light_yagami@reddit
asking the real questions
Hex166@reddit
No nixos :(
dj_raidar_vip@reddit (OP)
I couldn't think of anything humerous for NixOS at the time, but I would love to!
SomeRedTeapot@reddit
NixOS: Best for Declarative Suffering Mastery
Or "I reproduce declaratively"
Stick_Mick@reddit
NixOs fixes that.
XimBaddy@reddit
But nano !
dbojan76@reddit
Void
dj_raidar_vip@reddit (OP)
I don't know much about void personally, but im open for suggestions!
Cralex-Kokiri@reddit
"Void of systemd" perhaps? Void uses runit as its init system. Seems like systemd is more popular now, but it used to be that people saw Void as a bastion against the systemd takeover.
Manjaro - I drink my Arch smooth.
zmmmmmmmmz@reddit
tight
Leniwcowaty@reddit
Wow! These are awesome! Are you planning to release these as STLs for 3D printing?
dj_raidar_vip@reddit (OP)
Actually, I hae a fiber laser for metal! I probably could make STLs to 3D print, but the effect might not be as lustrous
Leniwcowaty@reddit
Well, with dual-color printing they would look cool, you just would have to extrude the white parts above the surface
Sixguns1977@reddit
Since there's no Garuda, I'll happily side with KDE.
dj_raidar_vip@reddit (OP)
I actually considered adding Garuda and EndevourOS, but I ran out of time and funny quips, but im open to suggestions and making new ones :)
JrkSoldierX@reddit
Yay I love seeing Garuda get recognition
Sixguns1977@reddit
It's cool. 🙂 I'd been using Garuda for a while before I realized how niche it is.
-Brownian-Motion-@reddit
pfsense is not oss. First thing I would change. Maybe Opnsense?
Deissued@reddit
What’s the difference between a Linux festival and a furry convention?
Both have tails, but only one’s attached to a process. :D
No_Artichoke_8428@reddit
Half of the people at the Linux convention are probably furries, those fursuits are so cute tho!
cheesedude1999@reddit
:raised_eyebrow_emoji:
pancakeQueue@reddit
When a commissioned suit is 2k all the way to 10k, got to make the bread.
LaundryMan2008@reddit
I want to make one with either a real Amiga on a belt worn like those scouts troops or military generals, floppy drive and speakers so I can blast Amiga tunes on it with a floppy disk gun magazine style thing to pull new floppies out of and lights around my character to light up with the music
Kichigai@reddit
Paula HAT when?
Cold_Soft_4823@reddit
loving the fascist dog whistle, nice work
wakalabis@reddit
What?
Tze_vitamin@reddit
Send me one ... Ubuntu. ..
Valyn_Tyler@reddit
Whats up w #3? When was open source not great?
SynapticStatic@reddit
Apparently appealing to that cross section of people that are MAGA and open source users apparently :/
hauntlunar@reddit
Yeah that grossed me right out, but maybe in West Virginia it'll find an audience
MrStricty@reddit
I think it’s probably the opposite. People love making fun of the MAGA movement with Make X Great Again, where X is something ridiculous. I would grab that dog tag ironically.
is_this_temporary@reddit
People will not know that you are wearing it ironically.
MrStricty@reddit
Honestly man I’m pretty surprised to hear that. My friends and I think MAGA is pretty stupid and poke fun at with stuff like that. It’s a shame it’s not as generally obvious as I might have thought.
ticklecricket@reddit
Your friends know if it's a joke or not, but everyone else will not know if it's ironic or if they should run away
SynapticStatic@reddit
You might be right, but I see that and just kinda throw up a bit in my mouth.
rtds98@reddit
Why do people run pfSense when openbsd is so much simpler and more secure than freebsd?
Not sure what actual packet filtering program pfSense runs (it could be pf itself), but OpenBSD maintains pf, it's the latest more awesome version always and the configuration file is the only one that actually makes sense for a human to read and modify.
I could never grasp iptables (well, I could but god damn that's a fucking pain), never touched ipw but pf ... just clicked. simple, reasonable, straighforward, really hard to fuck up (though possible).
sleepingonmoon@reddit
Pf/OPNsense are all in one packages with full web GUI support.
avatar4d@reddit
If this were the limbo, iptables would be on the floor. nftables lifted the bar about two inches higher and you can drive a tractor trailer under pf.
avatar4d@reddit
pfsense and opnsense are based off FreeBSD, which uses an old version of pf created by OpenBSD. FreeBSD forked it because they developed multi-processor support, but did it on their own without collaborating and it wasn’t something the OpenBSD team could accept as a contribution. So FreeBSD maintains their own version and OpenBSD has improved theirs quite significantly since the fork. They are now different projects.
Low-Speaker-5193@reddit
Looks freakin awesome dude !
Jarngreipr9@reddit
What's with the fedora dissing
chocopudding17@reddit
And it doesn't even make sense.
Destroyerb@reddit
What is a Linux festival?
dj_raidar_vip@reddit (OP)
Well, from what I understand, its a place of gathering of linux enthusiasts and newbies interested in bring the fun back into computing. It's something different that give people another option from Windows or macOS.
Fishtotem@reddit
Tails, whonix, tor, qubeOS... It's not paranoia if they are out to get you.
dj_raidar_vip@reddit (OP)
That is going to be part of a special collection. That is what I had listed to design next
Croused@reddit
Shut up and take my money!!!! Can I order these?
dj_raidar_vip@reddit (OP)
Yes! Send me a DM :)
Crimson_Alternative@reddit
I love these! I kinda wish you made a Red Star north Korean meme one maybe "Even NK likes us" or something.
dj_raidar_vip@reddit (OP)
I literally considered this as opposed to the AmogOS one. I might just do it now
nicetuxxx@reddit
I want to have so much the Debian badge. I love it.
FeCrCMo@reddit
I would predictably spend too much money on it
CarlVn33@reddit
Not seeing cachyos!
Mention-One@reddit
You miss the opportunity to make one with a beautiful gecko
geeneepeegs@reddit
Once again the poor geeko is shifted to the side as a background character
pomcomic@reddit
you just can't see it. it's a chameleon after all.
dj_raidar_vip@reddit (OP)
Now that I look at it, yeah I didnt think about that 😅
UTF-0@reddit
Team Emacs!
ShadowySilver@reddit
Slackware : Still alive and kicking !
VictorAst228@reddit
Honney get the meds, grampa is hallucinating again
dj_raidar_vip@reddit (OP)
I am absolutely going to make one for Slackware :)
SlimlineVan@reddit
This is awesome, you made my day! I hope you have a crazily successful festival, I wish I could come!
King_Corduroy@reddit
Damn that's cool! I wish people near me would do stuff like this. lol
qualia-assurance@reddit
"I use Fedora, M'Lady" merch please.
dj_raidar_vip@reddit (OP)
I will absolutely make altered Fedora versions for that
BenK1222@reddit
The proxmox one is scary accurate
dj_raidar_vip@reddit (OP)
I am workshopping a Pop_OS one! Im probably gonna do a new series for others that I missed
BenK1222@reddit
I would love to buy a Pop_OS one. How hard would it be to have the backside personalized?
dj_raidar_vip@reddit (OP)
Depends! The back of each of these has the brand of my linux festival, but I can copy the front and back, or put your info on it if you'd prefer!
Send me a DM :)
dashinyou69@reddit
no manjaro? 🐊
STrRedWolf@reddit
I'd like a few more, like:
dj_raidar_vip@reddit (OP)
I will keep that in mind for my next set! Thank you!
LiterallyJohnny@reddit
proxmox tag 👀
Affectionate-Mango19@reddit
Cool, you have a fiber laser at home?
dj_raidar_vip@reddit (OP)
Yes sir! I love my fiber laser
VX97@reddit
CachyOS missing.
dj_raidar_vip@reddit (OP)
I actually considered cachyos for this run, but I didn't have time. The quips i had was "One step away from a SteamDeck"
I thought id think of something funnier as it matures
Affectionate-Mango19@reddit
Give it some time. It's basically a brand new distro, but it's also not a "core" disto either since it's based on Arch, but neither is Ubuntu and Mint tbf.
trisanachandler@reddit
Glad you included nano, it doesn't get enough love except from idiots like me (you wouldn't know I've been using Linux since ~2005).
dj_raidar_vip@reddit (OP)
I personally prefer nano, especially when I teach my University students
trisanachandler@reddit
I had grown up with dos, so it was similar to edit.
UninvestedCuriosity@reddit
These are really neat. How are they made?
skylinrcr01@reddit
Laser engraver is my bet.
dj_raidar_vip@reddit (OP)
Correct! I have a separate business that does Laser Engraving, and I have a Mint-powered PC for my Lightburn fiber laser for metal :)
Matusaprod@reddit
Where is team i3wm :(
dj_raidar_vip@reddit (OP)
I am not familiar with i3wm, let me look into that and I will Workshop some new ones :)
fussomoro@reddit
What if I use Pop_Os?
dj_raidar_vip@reddit (OP)
I havent thought of something for Pop_OS, but it is on my list for a Series 2!
fussomoro@reddit
"I only have this old nVidia laptop"
prueba_hola@reddit
openSUSE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dj_raidar_vip@reddit (OP)
I thought about OpenSUSE, but im workshopping a quip for it :)
aginor82@reddit
You forgot raspberry pi and neovim.
Fun stuff. Wish I could attend something like this.
dj_raidar_vip@reddit (OP)
So, funny enough, I have a separate event I hosted called the Raspberry Jam WV, and I've been the main guy of the event for about 7 years now, but that event is geared toward makers, beginning coders, and more.
I am absolutely going to make Raspberry Pi versions though, for that event in particular. :)
pietervdvn@reddit
As an Ubuntu user - this is so true
Suspicious-Bet1166@reddit
DD = Disk Distroyer or Disk Duplicator
dj_raidar_vip@reddit (OP)
I might make that as a series 2: command line memes
hyper9410@reddit
What material are they made of? looks like anodised aluminum.
Not sure if anodised titanium could also be a option. the longevity would be much better and it shouldn't react with the skin, if you would want to wear it longer.
dj_raidar_vip@reddit (OP)
These are anodized aluminum, my other business is a laser etching and 3D printing business. I will look into titanium, thank you!
FesteringNeonDistrac@reddit
I feel personally called out by the Ubuntu one.
dj_raidar_vip@reddit (OP)
As an (K)Ubuntu guy, I feel ya
MrGOCE@reddit
A WHILE AGO THERE WAS A SURVEY ON THE VIM FORUM AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT MOST PEOPLE THERE WERE USING NEOVIM, LOL !
I THINK U SHOULD HAVE USED THE NEOVIM LOGO INSTEAD.
Jas0rz@reddit
these are dope, id love an arch one =O
-eschguy-@reddit
Oh man I want one of each lol
DisappointedLily@reddit
where's the garuda one, with leds and shapped like a fucking yu-gi-oh eagle
phoooooo0@reddit
squint really? Make open source great again 😭 why of all the political idealogies you had to pick one of the LEAST friendly to open source 😭😭 I mean, the neo Nazi party HAS woken people up enough to be afraid of any US company lol.
Coll147@reddit
OpenWrt: My toaster is a firewall
Affectionate-Mango19@reddit
Can you explain this to a noob like me?
Coll147@reddit
Openwrt is a very lightweight operating system for routers.
dj_raidar_vip@reddit (OP)
Thank you. I am writing that one down for next year's (or when I get back at my laser next lol).
Big-Equivalent1053@reddit
these tags remember me battle royale
DaaxD@reddit
I have an idea for the Cinnamon one...
REALSDEALS@reddit
I love this! I'm a bit sad that I couldn't participate due me living in another country but this sounds amazing and the dog tags are killer!
orlyyoudontsay@reddit
Great idea. these are awesome!
Visual_Hovercraft958@reddit
These are so cool! I wish I could have one
turnsanscolds@reddit
Pfsense instead of opnsense? Hmmmm…
BeowulfRubix@reddit
Too many people get killed in action at these conferences. And so many dogs.
🤖🏢🐕 💻
ult_avatar@reddit
Fuck, those are cool
SaxoGrammaticus1970@reddit
I loved them. Do you have something on Slackware?
xcorv42@reddit
Team nano 😂
dandelion378@reddit
Where the xfce boys?
jrcomputing@reddit
Long compile times are mostly a thing of the past. Higher core counts, NVME storage, and lots of RAM make it easy to churn through a large
emerge -vauUD @world.VtheMan93@reddit
These are sick! Can I order some?
Nereithp@reddit
Sorta thinking out loud, but it's really weird to me how people can so eagerly co-opt military paraphernalia without really thinking about all the unfortunate implications:
Also, MAGA-targeted Linux dogtag? I wonder what group is it gonna be next year :\^)?
BothAdhesiveness9265@reddit
calling dogtags in general akin to a swastika is a reach. the MAGA targetted one is absolutely a red flag and OP should be getting roasted for it
Nereithp@reddit
Not dogtags, these specific dogtags. Anyway, yes, it is a reach. Not a particularly far reach though :)
ShadowySilver@reddit
I hear you, but sometime a cigar is just a cigar. Also, making joke is usually a good way to deal with unfortunate reality.
Jaanrett@reddit
Is it because I'm too old school that I bristle at everything vi related being referred to as vim?
brandi_Iove@reddit
cringy
lKrauzer@reddit
Amazing, I loved the Fedora one, very accurate
corujany@reddit
These are great! Good luck with the festival
Suggestion for next year based on xkcd comic: sudo make me a sandwich
Or one saying I've always liked: In open source we trust
ChocolateDonut36@reddit
now I can flex my dog runs arch btw
sukh3gs@reddit
Oh my goodness these are so cool
budroid@reddit
best of luck in organizing the event. the tags is a great idea and a really funny and cheap (in money terms) souvenir/ADDICTION :)
yep, you got it right ;)
ComradeOb@reddit
I need that Mint one.
HeavyMetalMachine@reddit
This is so cringe
Ne0n_Ghost@reddit
These are awesome. As a Bazzite user legit laughed at that one.
AncientAgrippa@reddit
Oh the fedora guys ain’t gonna like this one
justachillguybr@reddit
i would 100% buy thouse
WhitePeace36@reddit
they are really cool !
Pseudorandom-Noise@reddit
These are awesome! I'd definitely snag that Bazzite one.
No love for XFCE?
Phydoux@reddit
More Tiling Window Manager support next time would be cool. Awesome Window Manager, Qtile, i3... Get them all covered. :)
dj_raidar_vip@reddit (OP)
This was very quickly ran because of Windows 10 EOL and our community being impacted heavily as a generally poorer economic state.
I do plan on having more GUI tags (XFCE and Cinnamon came to mind initially), but we didnt really have time this one around, but I will note it for next year! :)
non-existing-person@reddit
I'd do
my house is smarter than mexd, vim could be:qinstead plain vim.Anyway, those are really great. Awesome job on design and execution.
dj_raidar_vip@reddit (OP)
I will keep those down as alterations, but thank you!! 🥹