Everyone immediately knows the MacOS "bong" or Windows XP intro. Even stuff like SGI workstations had startup jingles that were iconic to them.
And... Linux has none of that? Like, I know there was some stuff early on maybe with KDE during its Crystal era, but mostly the Linux experience has been a quiet one.
I should pester my musically inclined friends to make something, then get Neal to make it the default boot sound for Fedora 41 🤔
What sort of mood are we talking here. Do we want elegant, futuristic, friendly, fun, minimalist, otherworldly?
A mix of friendly, fun, and futuristic would be ideal! The sound of starting up a technological marvel that will be joyous to use.
or someone with the thickest brooklyn accent you can imagine shouting, "heyooo, yuh compootah ready ya shit"


