Hillarious! On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Jerry Horvath <[email protected]>wrote:
> Think you've mastered Linux? Prove it, with Suicide > Linux< > http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/02/19/think-youve-mastered-linux-prove-it-with-suicide-linux/ > > > > [image: Linux]*by* *Jay > Hathaway<http://www.downloadsquad.com/bloggers/jay-hathaway/> > * (RSS feed <http://www.downloadsquad.com/bloggers/jay-hathaway/rss.xml > >)Feb > 19th 2010 at 1:00PM > <http://qntm.org/suicide>Linux gurus who pride themselves on their skills > with the command line would finally have a way to prove it if one guy's > wacky idea came to fruition. Yes, it's Suicide Linux< > http://qntm.org/suicide>, > where any unrecognized command is parsed as "rm -rf /" ... that's Linux for > "your hard drive's content go boom." Sorry, no helpful spelling correction > in Bash, just boom. This concept popped up on Sam Hughes' qntm.org last > year, and has been making the rounds of the web again this week. > > Why would you ever want to play Suicide Linux? Well, it's certainly not > practical, but it makes more sense as a game than as an actual operating > system. See how many days you can make it without erasing all your files! > Hell, I probably wouldn't even be able to survive Suicide Mac OS X for more > than a week (sometimes I flub my Quicksilver commands when I'm tired, > okay?!), so Suicide Linux sounds to me like a test invented by an > overdramatic movie villain. > > Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately), I couldn't find an actual download of > a Suicide Linux distro, but it seems like it wouldn't be that difficult to > create ... especially for someone who could use it. > -- > Ubi dubium ibi libertas. > -- "Never accept what you hear at face value -- ask questions, do your homework and make sure your interests are protected"
