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Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4)<p>For fun and profit: after spotting the words <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/lilo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lilo</span></a> and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/loadlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>loadlin</span></a> in a <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kernel</span></a> build config help text I had to check how often the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LinuxKernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxKernel</span></a> sources still refer to them…</p><p>[edit] Updated screenshot fixing a bug (missing a "-i" in the global search; sorry!) [/edit]</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wetdry.world/@torepang" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>torepang</span></a></span> You forgot some more <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cursedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cursedness</span></a>:</p><p>- compiled against <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MSVC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MSVC</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a>, so it requires <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VisualStudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VisualStudio</span></a> on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> to be built and requires all apps to be linked against these libraries.</p><p>- no user accounts, everything runs on root with no password.</p><p>- SMF (Solaris) as Init &amp; Config System.</p><p>- Keyboard is hardcoded German Neo-2 Layout.</p><p>- uses <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LILO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LILO</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LOADLIN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LOADLIN</span></a> on a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FAT12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FAT12</span></a> Filesystem for boot, requiring a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MSDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MSDOS</span></a> Boot Floppy!</p><p>- Only supports <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NTFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NTFS</span></a> as filesysten.</p><p>- All manpages are in Simplified Chinese.</p><p>- System clock is local time, not Unix Time.</p><p>- Only supports <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISA</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCI</span></a>, not <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PCIe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCIe</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USB</span></a>!</p><p>- curl points to wget, wget points to curl.</p><p>- emacs points to neovim, nvim points to emacs.</p><p>- forced UTF-32 encoding fir everything.</p><p>- Filenames, Directories &amp; Path must only contain Emojis and . (or / for paths).</p><p>- Files are not overwritten but instead a new copy is made and the latest version is symlinked to the original filename - like in Files-11 for VAX/VMS.<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Files-11" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Files-11</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>...</p><p>- - -</p><p>Need some more ideas for a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cursed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cursed</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a>?</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CursedLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CursedLinux</span></a></p>