The "Inspired by Linux Arrow" T-shirt design was chosen by the community as the first place winner in the 2012 Linux.com T-shirt design contest. The designer, Brian Beck, says he's excited to use, support, promote and market Linux and the open source mindset to others.

The arrow text reads:

Because the world needs to know... Because TEAM stands for Together Everyone Achieves More... Because a child's exposure to technology should never be predicated on the ability to afford it... Because we have a choice... Because Mom taught me to share... Because we the people of the open source community... Because sharing is caring... Because we love freedom... Because your OS is too restricting... Because viruses suck... Because we release early and often... Because some of us aren't motivated by greed... Because we believe we can do more, and more with less, and less... Because it only takes a spark to get a firing going... Because if I teach them to fish they will eat for a lifetime... Because we are open minded... Because we can legally give our software away... Because we can impact more people's lives... Because a caged bird doesn't fly very far... Because we have a voice... Because we can pay it forward... Because patent trolls are ugly, foul creatures.