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New to Linux BTW

This is a two-panel tech meme that uses double entendre to joke about the differences in common file handling terminology between Windows and Linux operating systems, set in an office context themed 'Know The Work Rules'. In the first (labeled Appropriate) panel, a character with the Windows logo for a head lists steps: 'Extract -> Assign -> Create'. A female office worker reacts positively, saying 'Awww, you're sweet' with a heart. In the second (labeled Inappropriate) panel, a character with Tux the Linux penguin for a head lists the equivalent Linux steps: 'Unzip -> Mount -> Touch'. The woman is shocked, and immediately calls Human Resources on the phone asking 'Hello, Human Resources?!'. The joke relies on the double meaning: these are all standard, innocent commands for working with files in each OS, but the Linux sequence sounds like a sexual advance to a non-technical person, creating the humorous misunderstanding.
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Extract -> Assign -> Create
Awww, you're sweet
Unzip -> Mount -> Touch
Hello, Human Resources?!

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KNOW THE WORK RULES
APPROPRIATE / INAPPROPRIATE

Overview

This is a two-panel tech meme that uses double entendre to joke about the differences in common file handling terminology between Windows and Linux operating systems, set in an office context themed 'Know The Work Rules'. In the first (labeled Appropriate) panel, a character with the Windows logo for a head lists steps: 'Extract -> Assign -> Create'. A female office worker reacts positively, saying 'Awww, you're sweet' with a heart. In the second (labeled Inappropriate) panel, a character with Tux the Linux penguin for a head lists the equivalent Linux steps: 'Unzip -> Mount -> Touch'. The woman is shocked, and immediately calls Human Resources on the phone asking 'Hello, Human Resources?!'. The joke relies on the double meaning: these are all standard, innocent commands for working with files in each OS, but the Linux sequence sounds like a sexual advance to a non-technical person, creating the humorous misunderstanding.

Origin notes

This meme was originally posted to Reddit with the title 'New to Linux BTW', a common phrase used by new Linux users online. It is a derivative meme that uses an existing two-panel office 'appropriate vs inappropriate' comic template, edited to replace the character heads with the Windows logo and Tux the Linux penguin to make a tech joke.

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