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
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.
A 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.
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.
The 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.
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turbowafflz@lemmy.world · 109 pts · 1y
I say you've won an operating system once you've contributed code that got into its kernel
fluxion@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 1y
The fear your code will break something one day and Linus will hunt you down will forever your thoughts.
Game over.
over_clox@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
Your comment seems to have a ----- missing..
fluxion@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
I don't even
over_clox@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
haunting you for the holiday 👻
over_clox@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 1y
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 · 26 pts · 1y
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 · 2 pts · 1y
Kinguin ftw
muzzle@lemm.ee · 17 pts · 1y
So the final boss il Linus Torvalds, got it!
InverseParallax@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Kernel, compiler and WebKit back in the day, taking the hat trick.
davel@lemmy.ml · 63 pts · 1y
kionite231@lemmy.ca · 40 pts · 1y
There is literally written that :q to exit!
prex@aussie.zone · 21 pts · 1y
Wont work if you have unsaved edits or are in insert mode. Escape then :q! will.
pupbiru@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
and when typing :q with unsaved edits it literally also says “add ! to override”
prex@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 1y
True.
I tend to use ZZ it ZQ instead. Its been a while.
milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
Ooh, living life dangerously.
I would not like to have that as a finger habit!
milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee · 13 pts · 1y
If you read the clues, yes.
DecentM@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
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
dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
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.
scottmeme@sh.itjust.works · 44 pts · 1y
TempleOS, and you need to fight Terry Davis
over_clox@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Oh shit..!
xmunk@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
The secret final boss is Windows ME though...
over_clox@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
That game is too easy though, it crashes itself.
jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 1y
You need to escort it through a very large minefield to designated spot or it will explode obliterating everything.
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
We all know that CIA prison escape segment was harder than any of the bosses, though.
sunzu2@thebrainbin.org · 1 pts · 1y
PM_ME_SNEKS_IN_HATS@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 1y
Blue screen of death and you defeat it by installing linux.
lung@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
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...)
ryannathans@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 1y
Where my freebsd homies at
over_clox@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
That looks purple to me, clearly not a BSOD.
For real though, a QR code for a kernel panic? 🤦♂️
lung@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
Seems dope, I mean, your computer don't work and retyping text is lame
milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
Tsch, that's the opening sequence.
"You have broken free! Now what do you want to do?"
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml · 27 pts · 1y
God.
You patch God out of TempleOS
flashgnash@lemm.ee · 27 pts · 1y
Nvidia drivers. You beat it by ripping out your GPU and casting it into a volcano
theshatterstone54@feddit.uk · 11 pts · 1y
Nvidia is Sauron confirmed.
stoy@lemmy.zip · 22 pts · 1y
Windows 11, the settings panel, a terrifying combination of old and new technology.
Taleya@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y
Win10, the updates that keep loading bloatware and undoing debloater
sunzu2@thebrainbin.org · 1 pts · 1y
Taleya@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
I literally only have it on a work laptop to keep os familiarity in my toolkit (tech)
over_clox@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Happy cry Linux mode activated.. 🐧
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works · 22 pts · 1y
windows 10: uninstall edge
windows 11: uninstall copilot
over_clox@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
windows: uninstall
TonyOstrich@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Windows 10 DLC just dropped. Copilot added from Windows 11.
JackLSauce@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y
Grub Rescue
Same way you overcome any of life's challenges: decide it's impossible bullshit and move onto another game
over_clox@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
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..
superkret@feddit.org · 2 pts · 1y
A 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.
dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee · 16 pts · 1y
Kill screen: Uninstal McAfee
over_clox@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Instructions unclear, uninstall what?
https://youtube.com/watch?v=yIaNZXgDtRU
POTOOOOOOOO@reddthat.com · 14 pts · 1y
Not sure what the boss is, but SUDO
over_clox@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
Instructions almost clear..
sudo uninstall windows
blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uk · 12 pts · 1y
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.
Carlcarla@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
Uninstall Skype
over_clox@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Mission accomplished. Synaptic is awesome, plus I wasn't using Skype anyways.
tetris11@lemmy.ml · 12 pts · 1y
Agent641@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
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 · 7 pts · 1y
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.world · 2 pts · 1y
Blue screen of victory?
Fuck, I haven't laughed that hard in a long time! 😂🤣
residentmarchant@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
Figuring out how to print...nobody knows how to beat it yet, some just get lucky
atocci@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
3D printers are easier to use than getting ink on paper and it's appalling
pastermil@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
Network printer will change your life for the better.
InverseParallax@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
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 · 11 pts · 1y
Guru meditation
multifariace@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
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.world · 3 pts · 1y
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..
Aeri@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
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
HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org · 7 pts · 1y
I 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.
isgleas@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 1y
It 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
Boomkop3@reddthat.com · 6 pts · 1y
The shutdown button, a very anti climactic finale
over_clox@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Who needs a button?
shutdown -s -f -t 0
Edited to include the missing -s argument
Boomkop3@reddthat.com · 0 pts · 1y
/s /t 1 Get it right tho
over_clox@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
I did get it right. I literally used that command in a Windows activation hack.
Boomkop3@reddthat.com · 0 pts · 1y
Start by using / instead of - like all other old build in windows comands then read the docs and find you need /p or /s or /r to tell it what to do
then /t 0 does nothing, /t 1 (or higher) actually sets and timer and implicitly sets /f as well
you'd know this if you had actually entered that command. Cuz that's the info it prints when you get it wrong
over_clox@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Yeah, you're both right and wrong at the same time. I missed an argument.
shutdown -s -f -t 0
Not /, it's -
I never suggested I was running Windows 11, this is for Windows XP. I just double and triple checked, it's not /, it's -
Boomkop3@reddthat.com · 0 pts · 1y
Go to bed grandpa
over_clox@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Thank you. That just means I have more experience than you.
IsusRamzy@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 1y
If it's unix,
sudo rm -rf /*the system without mercy! If it's windows, nah, it will win.bokherif@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
UNIX: rename your NIC to something human readable
bhamlin@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
I dunno,
wlxaa392a001f7dhas a nice ring to ittoynbee@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Seems relevant: https://youtu.be/nhv5uv6Na_A
over_clox@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
That's extremely relevant LMFAO! 👍
NutWrench@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
If the game is Elder Scrolls, then I beat the OS by waving my Wabbajack and the Windows OS turns into Linux.
benny@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 1y
Make your own, and don't be so professional about it.
trd@feddit.nu · 2 pts · 1y
I have always found the manual of the manual page two a bit scary.
superkret@feddit.org · 2 pts · 1y
The 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.
orockwell@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Love this Insert Credit type question
INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 1y
John mcafee's ghonnerea
over_clox@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I'm just gonna leave this here...
https://youtube.com/watch?v=yIaNZXgDtRU
whostosay@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Bill Gates, communism.
over_clox@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
William Gates retired, MicroShaft is now headed by Satya Nadella, who is apparently some fuckwit that's out of touch with humanity.
whostosay@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
i 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.
over_clox@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
You are aware that communism ≠ capitalism ≠ dictatorship right?
People (often brainwashed US citizens) throw that communism word around as if it's somehow bad.
whostosay@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
That was a legitimate answer
muzzle@lemm.ee · 0 pts · 1y