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@over_clox@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 7 months ago

If you 'play' an operating system as if it was a game, what is the final boss, and how do you beat it?

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If you 'play' an operating system as if it was a game, what is the final boss, and how do you beat it?

@over_clox@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 7 months ago
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  • TurboWafflz
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    81•7 months ago

    I say you’ve won an operating system once you’ve contributed code that got into its kernel

    • @over_clox@lemmy.worldOP
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      18•7 months ago

      Alright, have an upvote 👍

      But… If you wrote the boss (or even just portions of it), then defeat the kernel boss you partly wrote, isn’t that like cheating?

      • @SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world
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        24•7 months ago

        Windows when you can activate it without giving MS your info. Of course, like so many final bosses, it tends to come back harder the next phase.

        • @tonyn@lemmy.ml
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          2•7 months ago

          Kinguin ftw

    • @fluxion@lemmy.world
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      18•7 months ago

      The fear your code will break something one day and Linus will hunt you down will forever your thoughts.

      Game over.

      • @over_clox@lemmy.worldOP
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        9•7 months ago

        Your comment seems to have a ----- missing…

        • @fluxion@lemmy.world
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          6•7 months ago

          I don’t even

          • @over_clox@lemmy.worldOP
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            5•7 months ago

            haunting you for the holiday 👻

    • @muzzle@lemm.ee
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      13•7 months ago

      So the final boss il Linus Torvalds, got it!

    • @InverseParallax@lemmy.world
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      1•7 months ago

      Kernel, compiler and WebKit back in the day, taking the hat trick.

  • davel [he/him]
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    52•7 months ago

    • whoareu
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      26•7 months ago

      There is literally written that :q to exit!

      • @milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee
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        10•7 months ago

        If you read the clues, yes.

      • @dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee
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        2•7 months ago

        People who have never had the pleasure of experiencing vim might not realize that the colon is a part of the command and will start recording a macro instead.

      • @DecentM@lemmy.ml
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        I typed :q and it just says :q on the bottom, all this advice and I’m still stuck in vim. My electricity bill has been high since 2022 because of this heavy editor with no x button

  • Scott
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    37•7 months ago

    TempleOS, and you need to fight Terry Davis

    • @over_clox@lemmy.worldOP
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      8•7 months ago

      Oh shit…!

    • @xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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      5•7 months ago

      The secret final boss is Windows ME though…

      • @over_clox@lemmy.worldOP
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        4•7 months ago

        That game is too easy though, it crashes itself.

        • @jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
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          2•7 months ago

          You need to escort it through a very large minefield to designated spot or it will explode obliterating everything.

    • TheTechnician27
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      4•7 months ago

      We all know that CIA prison escape segment was harder than any of the bosses, though.

  • @PM_ME_SNEKS_IN_HATS@lemmy.world
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    Blue screen of death and you defeat it by installing linux.

    • Lung
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      Then how do you defeat the new bsod in the Linux kernel? It’s got a fancy QR code!!

      https://www.zdnet.com/a/img/resize/08d5fc94a843f41a90209010df41b75f92616ce2/2024/09/16/54eb298b-1bb0-44de-a1fa-1f8e136796fc/linux-6-11-panic-screen.png?auto=webp&fit=bounds&height=2000&width=2000

      (It’s “install bsd” isn’t it…)

      • @over_clox@lemmy.worldOP
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        4•7 months ago

        That looks purple to me, clearly not a BSOD.

        For real though, a QR code for a kernel panic? 🤦‍♂️

        • Lung
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          5•7 months ago

          Seems dope, I mean, your computer don’t work and retyping text is lame

    • @milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee
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      7 months ago

      Tsch, that’s the opening sequence.

      “You have broken free! Now what do you want to do?”

  • @UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml
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    22•7 months ago

    God.

    You patch God out of TempleOS

  • @flashgnash@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    Nvidia drivers. You beat it by ripping out your GPU and casting it into a volcano

  • @WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works
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    17•7 months ago

    windows 10: uninstall edge

    windows 11: uninstall copilot

    • @over_clox@lemmy.worldOP
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      4•7 months ago

      windows: uninstall

    • TonyOstrich
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      2•7 months ago

      Windows 10 DLC just dropped. Copilot added from Windows 11.

  • @JackLSauce@lemmy.world
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    14•7 months ago

    Grub Rescue

    Same way you overcome any of life’s challenges: decide it’s impossible bullshit and move onto another game

    • @over_clox@lemmy.worldOP
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      3•7 months ago

      I won’t lie, I’ve considered almost totally giving up modern technology, and going back to refurbishing wristwatches like I did in my teens.

      Analog/Digital? Hardly matters, as long as I can get parts…

  • @dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee
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    13•7 months ago

    Kill screen: Uninstal McAfee

    • @over_clox@lemmy.worldOP
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      Instructions unclear, uninstall what?

      https://youtube.com/watch?v=yIaNZXgDtRU

  • @tetris11@lemmy.ml
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    1. First you pay money to Canonical, and then you load the disc into the PC.
    2. Animal noises and bongo drums play for some reason and you’re presented with an orange game menu.
    3. You click on one of the squares stacked clumsily on the left and nothing happens.
    4. You click it again and it drags with your mouse up the hierarchy.
    5. Finally, it lets go and a big white square fills the screen, knocking you off your chair.
    6. A popup window spawns from an empty corner and informs you that there are 25 packages that can be updated.
    7. Daunted by the unending onslaught, you curl up into a ball and weep
    • @Agent641@lemmy.world
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      7•7 months ago

      Microsoft Windows ME is the Battletoads of operating systems.

      The final boss is acknowledging the hubris of believing you could ever win.

      • @tetris11@lemmy.ml
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        6•7 months ago

        That final boss is easy. Just do Ctrl+Alt+Del, and then start killing all processes one-by-one until you get the blue screen of victory

        • @over_clox@lemmy.worldOP
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          2•7 months ago

          Blue screen of victory?

          Fuck, I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time! 😂🤣

  • @Carlcarla@lemmy.world
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    11•7 months ago

    Uninstall Skype

    • @over_clox@lemmy.worldOP
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      6•7 months ago

      Mission accomplished. Synaptic is awesome, plus I wasn’t using Skype anyways.

  • @residentmarchant@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Figuring out how to print…nobody knows how to beat it yet, some just get lucky

    • atocci
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      10•7 months ago

      3D printers are easier to use than getting ink on paper and it’s appalling

    • @pastermil@sh.itjust.works
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      3•7 months ago

      Network printer will change your life for the better.

    • @InverseParallax@lemmy.world
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      Brother laser printers.

      Was shocked when it randomly showed ip everywhere automatically, it showed up and worked on my fresh freebsd install, I thought shit was haunted.

  • @sep@lemmy.world
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    9•7 months ago

    Guru meditation

  • Aeri
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    7•7 months ago

    The final boss of Windows is to crowbar out a metric shitton of bullshit and you do it with a bunch of registry tweaks and GPedit

  • @multifariace@lemmy.world
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    5•7 months ago

    I am not nearly computer literate enough to understand what all these comments are talking about. But I expected personal bias to be one of the answers.

    • @over_clox@lemmy.worldOP
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      Have an upvote just for commenting.

      Yes, there’s always gonna be some sort of tech bias regarding such questions. Every OS has flaws, somewhere…

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