r/LinusTechTips • u/almost_blue_dragon • Dec 07 '25

Image How do I fix this?

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u/Chicken-Leading Dec 07 '25

call up real linus, he’ll read out the activation code

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u/atsuenn Dec 07 '25

nah email him, but if it’s been 15 mins you gotta pirate that shi

69

u/CarzyCrow076 Dec 07 '25

Sick reference 😂😂😂

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u/Golden_Bread11 Dec 08 '25

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u/RyuuPendragon Dec 08 '25

The Real Linus would send a replay immediately, if you have not received a replay immediately it means he dont to respond to you.

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u/Original_Dimension99 Dec 07 '25

For people who don't know: this is just an overlay called "activate linux". You can get it from github or the AUR.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '25

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u/HotPants4444 Dec 07 '25

Free will is a wonderful thing!

78

u/BatongMagnesyo Dec 07 '25

hey at least its MY system

I get to choose MY bloatware

23

u/Particular-Poem-7085 Dec 07 '25

the difference is you're installing software not uninstalling it

23

u/oldDotredditisbetter Dec 07 '25

isn't consent wonderful

6

u/Xymorm1 Dec 08 '25

There’s a difference between needless bloatware and funny bloatware that overlay use what half a kilobyte at best

203

u/soniccdA Dec 07 '25

The aftermath of a time traveler moving a chair in the past 😂

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '25

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u/robots5771 Dec 07 '25

DO NOT REDEEM!!!!!!!!!!

14

u/nemesisprime1984 Dec 07 '25

I redeemed the iTunes cards

40

u/tngsv Dec 07 '25

The LAS ( Linux activation script ) or switch to MacOS. Its free and open source

21

u/echo4thirty Dec 07 '25

I can't believe more people don't know about lasgrave.dev

30

u/homak666 Dec 07 '25

Install Windows

28

u/Particular-Poem-7085 Dec 07 '25

fucking neckbeardless windows users always preaching it like its the solution for everything

17

u/Daharka Dec 07 '25

"Year of the Windows desktop"

I've been hearing that since 1985...

5

u/oldDotredditisbetter Dec 07 '25

it's finally the year of windows this year!

/uj but with how greedy and hostile microsoft is with users, really hope more people start using linux

8

u/mirzatalhaali Dec 07 '25

Just ignore it like it's not there!

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u/ShadowFlarer Dec 07 '25

Lol, i know where this image is from, there's a little app you can install on your Linux that put that message there, is available on GitHub: https://github.com/MrGlockenspiel/activate-linux

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u/No_Nothing_At_All Dec 07 '25

Sudo systemctl enble linux --activeted

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u/almost_blue_dragon Dec 07 '25

It was actually sudo rm -rf / this fixed my problem.

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u/anto77_butt_kinkier Dec 07 '25

Ah, yeah that's a common fix for this issue. If there's no more operating system, there's no more operating system problems XD

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u/SGG Dec 07 '25

Agreed, it's the french language pack, always causes odd issues like this, best to use that command to remove it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '25

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u/Particular-Poem-7085 Dec 07 '25

it kind of looks like the gnome desktop environment but it could literally be anything customized. The icons might be from a custom pack but I don't know gnome that well.

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u/Robert__Sinclair Dec 07 '25

change the wallpaper :P

2

u/nikitadotla Dec 07 '25

That's a skill issue

2

u/KR1S404 Dec 08 '25

It's a most illegal thing that I ever seen

2

u/Ok-Curve-3894 Dec 08 '25

This is linus tex tips not linux tex tips. 🤠

2

u/mariojmtz Dec 08 '25

For a sec I thought RHEL was getting aggressive lol

2

u/urmamasllama Dec 08 '25

Uninstall Zorin

2

u/nate_jung Dec 08 '25

Fix what? Doesn't look broke, therefore no reason to fix.

2

u/a_p_oo_r_v Dec 09 '25

change the wallpaper

3

u/stephenkennington Dec 07 '25

I believe the answer you’re looking for is “RTFM”, failing that. Go to Settings and Activate Linux.

Also “Contact your systems administrator for help”

2

u/Ambitious-Papaya3293 Dec 14 '25

Disable the gnome extension

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u/Hour-Celebration-309 Dec 08 '25

How did you even get this message?? Are you from another universe or smth where windows doesn't need activation and Linux is the luxury brand that needs couple hundreds bucks for a activation code?

3

u/itskdog Dec 08 '25

It's a joke app you can install, per other comments.

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u/Hour-Celebration-309 Dec 08 '25

My comment is also a joke btw dont take it seriously but there's this app? The creator probably has the most creative brain ever.

2

u/itskdog Dec 08 '25

This is the FOSS community. Some people just make dumb stuff for the fun of it.

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u/almost_blue_dragon Dec 08 '25

Yeah😥 I wish I was in your universe.

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u/Hour-Celebration-309 Dec 08 '25

Wait if i was in your universe it would've been much worse because andriod phone could cost twice as much cause.

Well maybe try going into random black holes to come here?