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[–] [email protected] 140 points 3 weeks ago (15 children)

I remember there was a virus that had a tiny cat on the screen and it would chase your mouse cursor. Once it catches your mouse cursor, the computer would crash. It was freaking awesome.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

That's based on a harmless Unix game that you can install forks of which on modern day Linux as well, by the way

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

It's just Linux. It chases you and your mouse throughout the fediverse, and when it catches you and you install it, it crashes your computer because the mouse drivers are written by a 12 year old with undiagnosed ADHD.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I've seen 12 year old adhd or autistic kid writing better software than most tech companies

[–] outsideno1877 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I have had far more driver issues on windows on linux things just work lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Does windows still reinstall drivers for some hardware when you plug them in, regardless of whether you installed them previously?

[–] outsideno1877 1 points 2 weeks ago

I think i have had that happen with maybe usbs but idk about anything else

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