over_clox@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 months 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-square43fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down17
arrow-up182arrow-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 · 4 months agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squareTurboWafflz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up56·4 months agoI say you’ve won an operating system once you’ve contributed code that got into its kernel
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·4 months 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-up12arrow-down1·4 months 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-squarefluxion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·4 months 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-up7·4 months agoYour comment seems to have a ----- missing…
minus-squareInverseParallax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months 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
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
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 👻
Kernel, compiler and WebKit back in the day, taking the hat trick.