If you 'play' an operating system as if it was a game, what is the final boss, and how do you beat it?
If you 'play' an operating system as if it was a game, what is the final boss, and how do you beat it?
I say you've won an operating system once you've contributed code that got into its kernel
108ReplyThe fear your code will break something one day and Linus will hunt you down will forever your thoughts.
Game over.
26ReplyYour comment seems to have a ----- missing..
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So the final boss il Linus Torvalds, got it!
18ReplyAlright, 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?
21ReplyWindows 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.
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Kernel, compiler and WebKit back in the day, taking the hat trick.
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63ReplyThere is literally written that :q to exit!
39ReplyWont work if you have unsaved edits or are in insert mode. Escape then :q! will.
21ReplyIf you read the clues, yes.
13ReplyI 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
2ReplyPeople 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.
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Kill screen: Uninstal McAfee
18ReplyInstructions unclear, uninstall what?
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TempleOS, and you need to fight Terry Davis
45ReplyOh shit..!
8ReplyThe secret final boss is Windows ME though...
5ReplyThat game is too easy though, it crashes itself.
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We all know that CIA prison escape segment was harder than any of the bosses, though.
4ReplyNot the glowies?
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windows 10: uninstall edge
windows 11: uninstall copilot
22Replywindows: uninstall
4ReplyWindows 10 DLC just dropped. Copilot added from Windows 11.
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Blue screen of death and you defeat it by installing linux.
40ReplyThen how do you defeat the new bsod in the Linux kernel? It's got a fancy QR code!!
(It's "install bsd" isn't it...)
11ReplyWhere my freebsd homies at
8ReplyThat looks purple to me, clearly not a BSOD.
For real though, a QR code for a kernel panic? 🤦♂️
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Tsch, that's the opening sequence.
"You have broken free! Now what do you want to do?"
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Nvidia drivers. You beat it by ripping out your GPU and casting it into a volcano
29ReplyNvidia is Sauron confirmed.
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God.
You patch God out of TempleOS
27ReplyWindows 11, the settings panel, a terrifying combination of old and new technology.
22ReplyWin10, the updates that keep loading bloatware and undoing debloater
6ReplyThat shit was the final straw for me...
I was spending so much time trying to fight it to stop doing weird shit that learning Linux was easier path forward.
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Happy cry Linux mode activated.. 🐧
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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
9ReplyThe final boss was Arch in the early days.
The boss fight was troubleshooting your display settings in Xorg.conf blindly, because you didn't have any screen output after an update. 2ReplyIf the game is Elder Scrolls, then I beat the OS by waving my Wabbajack and the Windows OS turns into Linux.
2Reply- First you pay money to Canonical, and then you load the disc into the PC.
- Animal noises and bongo drums play for some reason and you're presented with an orange game menu.
- You click on one of the squares stacked clumsily on the left and nothing happens.
- You click it again and it drags with your mouse up the hierarchy.
- Finally, it lets go and a big white square fills the screen, knocking you off your chair.
- A popup window spawns from an empty corner and informs you that there are 25 packages that can be updated.
- Daunted by the unending onslaught, you curl up into a ball and weep
14ReplyMicrosoft Windows ME is the Battletoads of operating systems.
The final boss is acknowledging the hubris of believing you could ever win.
9ReplyThat 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
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Grub Rescue
Same way you overcome any of life's challenges: decide it's impossible bullshit and move onto another game
18ReplyI 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..
4ReplyA friend of mine works in IT during the week.
On the weekend he works as barkeeper.
He keeps track of the tabs with a pencil on paper, adds them up with a mechanical calculator, and only accepts cash. 2Reply
BTRFS deciding it's corrupt and refusing even read only access.
Edit: You beat it by trashing the disk, using any other file system, restoring from backup and accepting any losses.
13ReplyI 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.
10ReplyHave 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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Not sure what the boss is, but SUDO
14ReplyInstructions almost clear..
sudo uninstall windows
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Guru meditation
11ReplyUNIX: rename your NIC to something human readable
6ReplyI dunno,
wlxaa392a001f7d
has a nice ring to it 3Reply
Uninstall Skype
12ReplyMission accomplished. Synaptic is awesome, plus I wasn't using Skype anyways.
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Figuring out how to print...nobody knows how to beat it yet, some just get lucky
12Reply3D printers are easier to use than getting ink on paper and it's appalling
12ReplyNetwork printer will change your life for the better.
5ReplyBrother 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.
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If it's unix,
sudo rm -rf /*
the system without mercy! If it's windows, nah, it will win. 5ReplyI figured systemd is a 90s-JRPG boss with multiple phases taking over more and more of the screen.
You hold up a Slackware CD like some sort of vampires-and-faith-objects bit.
7ReplyI have always found the manual of the manual page two a bit scary.
2ReplyIt would be General Failure reading the disc. I would fsck him up, and replace disc if necessary.
Yes, I know those may be different oses, but I was thinking multiplatform
6ReplySeems relevant: https://youtu.be/nhv5uv6Na_A
5ReplyThat's extremely relevant LMFAO! 👍
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The shutdown button, a very anti climactic finale
6ReplyWho needs a button?
shutdown -s -f -t 0
Edited to include the missing -s argument
4Reply/s /t 1 Get it right tho
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Love this Insert Credit type question
2ReplyMake your own, and don't be so professional about it.
2ReplyBill Gates, communism.
1ReplyWilliam Gates retired, MicroShaft is now headed by Satya Nadella, who is apparently some fuckwit that's out of touch with humanity.
3Replyi do know that, Bill wasn't innocent either. I do like quite a bit of what he's doing, but back in the day that was a ruthless motherfucker.
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John mcafee's ghonnerea
1ReplyI'm just gonna leave this here...
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Compiling the Linux kernel.
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