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303 lines
7.6 KiB
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title: "How Much of a Linux Nerd are You?"
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description: "A quiz to find out how much of a Linux (or should I say GNU/Linux) nerd you are."
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date: 2025-02-02
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imageURL: "/img/Tux.svg"
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imageAlt: "Tux the penguin."
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consequences:
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- title: "Why are you here?"
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points: 0
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spiel: "Look, I don't know how you found yourself here, but I think your time might be better spent elsewhere!"
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image: "/img/lost.gif"
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imageAlt: "An animated GIF of Cookie Monster looking around in a confused manner and scratching his head."
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- title: "You're a beginner"
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points: 30
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spiel: "You know a couple things, but you're still just getting started on your Linux journey."
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image: "/img/noob.gif"
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imageAlt: "An animated GIF calling you a noob."
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- title: "Linux user detected"
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points: 60
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spiel: "You are a bona fide Linux user."
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image: "/img/tuxfall.gif"
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imageAlt: "An animated GIF of a gelatinous Tux falling from the sky and landing with a jiggle."
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- title: "You're a Linux pro"
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points: 90
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spiel: "You ain't scared of the terminal."
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image: "/img/matrix.gif"
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imageAlt: "An animated GIF of letters falling on a black screen, matrix style."
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- title: "Certified Linux nerd"
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points: 120
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spiel: "Fire up some tendies in celebration, because you are a certified Linux nerd. Frankly, I'm surprised you turned on JavaScript in your browser to complete this quiz!"
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image: "/img/tendies.gif"
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imageAlt: "An animated GIF of Post Malone eating tendies."
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- title: "Linus… is that you?"
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points: 150
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spiel: "Either you looked at the source code for this page, or you are a GNU/Linux god."
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image: "/img/linus.gif"
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imageAlt: "An animated GIF of Linus Torvalds speaking and flipping off the camera."
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questions:
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- title: "What is a kernel?"
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image:
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imageAlt:
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imageCaption:
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answers:
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- name: "Some sort of seed or pit."
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points: 0
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- name: "The part of an operating system that bridges software and hardware."
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points: 5
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- name: "A piece of software that controls the desktop environment."
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points: 0
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- name: "…another free component of a fully functioning GNU system…"
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points: 10
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- title: "Which desktop environment is known for its unique workflow and consistent appearance?"
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image:
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imageAlt:
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imageCaption:
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answers:
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- name: "GNOME"
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points: 5
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- name: "KDE"
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points: 0
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- name: "Cinnamon"
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points: 0
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- name: "Xfce"
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points: 0
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- title: "Which distro might someone use, BTW?"
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image:
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imageAlt:
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imageCaption:
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answers:
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- name: "Debian"
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points: 0
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- name: "openSUSE"
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points: 0
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- name: "Fedora"
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points: 0
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- name: "Arch"
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points: 5
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- title: "Which utensil does :(){ :|:& };: bring to mind?"
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image:
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imageAlt:
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imageCaption:
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answers:
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- name: "A Chopstick"
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points: 0
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- name: "A Fork"
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points: 5
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- name: "A Spoon"
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points: 0
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- name: "A Knife"
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points: 0
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- title: "Which of the following distros accidentally launched a DDOS attack on an upstream repo?"
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image:
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imageAlt:
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imageCaption:
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answers:
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- name: "Garuda"
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points: 0
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- name: "Nix"
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points: 0
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- name: "Vanilla OS"
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points: 0
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- name: "Manjaro"
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points: 5
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- title: "Complete the sequence: sudo rm -rf"
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image:
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imageAlt:
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imageCaption:
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answers:
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- name: "/"
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points: 5
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- name: "*.jpg"
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points: 0
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- name: "/dev/sda"
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points: 0
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- name: "--no-preserve-root /"
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points: 10
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- name: "*/."
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points: 0
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- title: "What is your favorite package format?"
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image:
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imageAlt:
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imageCaption:
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answers:
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- name: "Bubble wrap"
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points: 0
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- name: "Snap"
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points: -5
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- name: "Flatpak"
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points: 5
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- name: "Native Packages"
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points: 10
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- name: "AppImage"
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points: 5
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- name: "Piping install scripts from GitHub to bash"
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points: 0
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- title: "Desktop environment or window manager?"
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image:
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imageAlt:
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imageCaption:
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answers:
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- name: "Desktop environment"
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points: 0
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- name: "Window manager"
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points: 5
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- name: "Both are bloat"
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points: 10
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- title: "From memory, use the tar command to create a compressed tarball. Did you succeed?"
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image:
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imageAlt:
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imageCaption:
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answers:
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- name: "Yes"
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points: 5
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- name: "No"
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points: 0
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- title: "Which command will make a train roll across your terminal?"
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image:
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imageAlt:
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imageCaption:
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answers:
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- name: "sudo rm -rf /*"
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points: 0
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- name: "dd if=/dev/zero bs=10G count=10000 | bzip2 -c > train.bz2"
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points: 0
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- name: ":(){ :|:& };:"
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points: 0
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- name: "sl"
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points: 5
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- title: "Which of the following commands will successfully exit Vim?"
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image:
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imageAlt:
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answers:
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- name: "ctrl+q"
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points: 0
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- name: "exit"
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points: 0
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- name: ":wq!"
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points: 5
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- name: ":qv"
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points: 0
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- title: "SystemD is…"
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image:
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imageAlt:
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imageCaption:
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answers:
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- name: "A suite of basic building blocks for a Linux system"
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points: 5
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- name: "A backup in case your Windows dual-boot eats your Linux install."
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points: 0
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- name: "A utility to mount external drives."
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points: 0
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- name: "Bloat"
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points: 10
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- title: "Choose your favorite musical instrument:"
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image:
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imageAlt:
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imageCaption:
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answers:
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- name: "🎸"
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points: 0
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- name: "🎷"
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points: 0
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- name: "GRUB"
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points: 10
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- name: "🎻"
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points: 0
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- title: "…won't be big and professional like…?"
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image:
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imageAlt:
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imageCaption:
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answers:
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- name: "GNU"
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points: 5
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- name: "Unix"
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points: 0
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- name: "Windows Vista"
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points: 0
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- name: "TempleOS"
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points: 0
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- title: "Which would NOT be a fun surprise for Richard Stallman?"
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image:
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imageAlt:
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answers:
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- name: "Buying a parrot"
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points: 5
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- name: "A room temperature of 71℉"
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points: 0
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- name: "Helping him cross the street"
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points: 5
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- name: "A nice dinner with less than four people total"
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points: 0
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- title: "What did Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer call GNU/Linux?"
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image:
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imageAlt:
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answers:
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- name: "A cancer"
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points: 5
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- name: "An amateur effort"
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points: 0
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- name: "Delightful"
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points: 0
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- name: "Bloat"
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points: 0
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- title: "What is your favorite animal?"
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image:
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imageAlt:
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answers:
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- name: "🦊"
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points: 10
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- name: "🐧"
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points: 5
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- name: "🐢"
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points: 0
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- name: "🪱"
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points: 0
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- title: "Which distro is named after a husband and wife?"
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image:
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imageAlt:
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answers:
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- name: "Trisquel"
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points: 0
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- name: "Manjaro"
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points: 0
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- name: "Ubuntu"
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points: 0
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- name: "Debian"
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points: 5
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- title: "Best package to install on a fresh Linux installation?"
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image:
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imageAlt:
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answers:
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- name: "XZ 5.6.0"
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points: 20
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- name: "Inkscape"
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points: 5
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- name: "Timeshift"
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points: 10
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- name: "Photoshop"
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points: -5
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- title: "Which game console had an official Linux distro that users could buy and install?"
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image:
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answers:
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- name: "PlayStation 2"
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points: 5
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- name: "Nintendo 64"
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points: 0
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- name: "Nintendo Wii"
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points: 0
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- name: "Xbox 360"
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points: 0
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---
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Are you *k*onfident in your KDE knowledge? Have you joined us now, shared the software, and spread the good *gn*ews about your newfound freedom? Do you find it *awk*ward when people use proprietary software? No more *Stall*ing; it's time to *find* out whether you're a true GNU/Linux nerd.
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*Note: please not type any of commands on this page into your terminal without first looking them up.*
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