over_clox@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 20 hours 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-square73fedilinkarrow-up1118arrow-down17
arrow-up1111arrow-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 · 20 hours agomessage-square73fedilink
minus-squareTurboWafflz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up92·20 hours agoI say you’ve won an operating system once you’ve contributed code that got into its kernel
minus-squareInverseParallax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoKernel, compiler and WebKit back in the day, taking the hat trick.
minus-squaremuzzle@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·11 hours agoSo the final boss il Linus Torvalds, got it!
minus-squarefluxion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·19 hours 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-up11·19 hours agoYour comment seems to have a ----- missing…
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·20 hours 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-up26·20 hours 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.
I say you’ve won an operating system once you’ve contributed code that got into its kernel
Kernel, compiler and WebKit back in the day, taking the hat trick.
So the final boss il Linus Torvalds, got it!
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