The Red USB Rabbit Hole

Description

The photo shows a Dell logo above two sticky notes and two USB flash drives, arranged like a Matrix red-pill/blue-pill choice. The blue note has a Windows logo and says, "You take the blue USB, the story ends. You wake up in your chair and believe what you want to believe." The red note has an Ubuntu-like logo and says, "You take the red USB, you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes..." The meme frames choosing a Linux boot drive over Windows as the start of a deeper, stranger operating-system journey involving installs, drivers, bootloaders, and open-source culture.

Common Tags

Linux Windows LinuxVsWindows OperatingSystems OpenSourceCulture Bootloader LinuxDistributions DistroHopping FlashStorage PopCultureReference

Comments

Anonymous ★ Top Pick The red USB does not just install Linux; it installs opinions about init systems you did not know you were allowed to have.

Anonymous ★ Top Pick

The red USB does not just install Linux; it installs opinions about init systems you did not know you were allowed to have.
@kromberged 5y

Masochism is Ubuntu desktop...
1. Deleted Account 5y
  
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Deleted Account 5y

shoulda been arch
1. @dugeru42 5y
  
  Imagine explaining arch to your mom
  
  Deleted Account 5y
  
  exactly
  
  @Netawawa 5y
  
  smokes manjaro
@mityabb 5y

there should be a gachimuchi reference
@GoracioNewport 5y

I have dual boot on my PC and this is not a meme, this is my life. In my grub menu 'Red Pill' means linux, and 'Blue Pill' means windows.
1. @feskow 5y
  
  Can you make a photo of it? I'm curious to see how it looks 👀
2. @feskow 5y
  
  Yo check out
  
  @viktorrozenko 5y
  
  arch is supposed to be the red pill, but its logo is blue... fate is not without irony
  
  @GoracioNewport 5y
  
  brooo that's nice
@feskow 5y

Niiiiice!
1. @GoracioNewport 5y
  
  Indeed
M 5y

I'm living in wonderland.
@GoracioNewport 5y

Sorry, I lost image source... I'm pretty sure you can find it in Google 'matrix red and blue pill'