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-down18
arrow-up1110arrow-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-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-211 hours ago 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
minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 hours agoMicrosoft Windows ME is the Battletoads of operating systems. The final boss is acknowledging the hubris of believing you could ever win.
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 hours agoThat 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
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 hours agoBlue screen of victory? Fuck, I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time! 😂🤣
Microsoft Windows ME is the Battletoads of operating systems.
The final boss is acknowledging the hubris of believing you could ever win.
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
Blue screen of victory?
Fuck, I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time! 😂🤣