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In the SerenityOS community, it is intended as a normal smiley face instead of being sarcastic.



That's right! It's a callback to Slackware, which was the first Linux distribution I used as a kid. The release notes for Slackware 4.0 ended with "Have fun! :^)" which I always thought had a great vibe.




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