over_clox@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 month agoIf you 'play' an operating system as if it was a game, what is the final boss, and how do you beat it?message-squaremessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1151arrow-down113
arrow-up1138arrow-down1message-squareIf 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 · 1 month agomessage-square96fedilink
minus-squareTurboWafflz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up107·1 month agoI say you’ve won an operating system once you’ve contributed code that got into its kernel
minus-squarefluxion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·1 month agoThe fear your code will break something one day and Linus will hunt you down will forever your thoughts. Game over.
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 month agoYour comment seems to have a ----- missing…
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·1 month agoAlright, 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?
minus-squareSzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down1·1 month agoWindows 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.
minus-squaremuzzle@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up17·1 month agoSo the final boss il Linus Torvalds, got it!
minus-squareInverseParallax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoKernel, compiler and WebKit back in the day, taking the hat trick.
I say you’ve won an operating system once you’ve contributed code that got into its kernel
The fear your code will break something one day and Linus will hunt you down will forever your thoughts.
Game over.
Your comment seems to have a ----- missing…
I don’t even
haunting you for the holiday 👻
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?
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.
Kinguin ftw
So the final boss il Linus Torvalds, got it!
Kernel, compiler and WebKit back in the day, taking the hat trick.