Linux Perpetual Energy Machine

Text on the meme

Linux Users ascending hill to explain how Linux can do it Solar powered loudspeaker Linux can't do that PERPETUAL ENERGY MACHINE V1.0 Gently inclined slope Trapdoor Turbine (spun by falling Linux users) Coushined exit slide deposits Linux users safely at base of hill

What it means

A crude diagram labeled “Perpetual Energy Machine V1.0” shows Linux users climbing a gently inclined slope to explain how Linux can accomplish something. A solar-powered loudspeaker says “Linux can't do that,” causing the users to fall through a trapdoor, spin a turbine, and slide safely to the bottom. The joke mocks overconfident Linux advocacy and circular reasoning presented as an ingenious self-powered system.

Objects

stick figures / человечки-палочки Linux users / пользователи Linux gently inclined slope / пологий склон solar-powered loudspeaker / громкоговоритель на солнечной энергии speech bubble / облачко речи trapdoor / люк turbine / турбина falling people / падающие люди cushioned exit slide / мягкий съезд hill / холм arrows / стрелки diagram labels / подписи на схеме wooden support post / деревянная опорная стойка brown circular speaker / коричневый круглый динамик grass / трава