Self Post
from KISSmyOS@lemmy.world to linux@lemmy.ml on 06 Dec 2023 18:24
https://lemmy.world/post/9229922

I used to think I found the perfect, stable, boring system with Debian + KDE Plasma.
I installed it.
I left literally everything on default.
I booted it.
Everything worked out of the box.
I was looking forward to a perfect, stable, boring computing experience.
My cat walked across the keyboard and crashed the OS.
It rebooted to a blinking cursor and nothing else.

So if you’re hiring a software quality assurance engineer, her salary expectation is 80k kitty treats, a corner office overlooking a park with squirrels, and an assistant who will pet her at work and doesn’t mind getting their earlobes nibbled.

#linux

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Nitrohine@stereophonic.space on 06 Dec 2023 18:30 next collapse

@KISSmyOS @linux looks like the cat became the virus by the keyboard.... The Cat Virus!

poinck@lemm.ee on 06 Dec 2023 18:48 next collapse

Your cat is silently laughing.

But, nevertheless, I would have thought that Debian could not be crashed so easily. Have you tried another window manager?

KISSmyOS@lemmy.world on 06 Dec 2023 18:57 collapse

I’m as stumped as you are. But Gnome has been cat-proof so far.

[deleted] on 06 Dec 2023 18:51 next collapse

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KISSmyOS@lemmy.world on 06 Dec 2023 21:10 collapse

What I need is image recognition software for the webcam that locks the keyboard when a cat approaches.

[deleted] on 06 Dec 2023 22:36 collapse

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ImTryingLemmy@lemmy.world on 06 Dec 2023 19:08 next collapse

… but you had a cursor?

KISSmyOS@lemmy.world on 06 Dec 2023 19:17 collapse

Yeah but the mouse was dead for some reason.

ImTryingLemmy@lemmy.world on 06 Dec 2023 19:45 collapse

cat killed it. get a dog

corrupts_absolutely@sh.itjust.works on 06 Dec 2023 19:50 next collapse

unix catgirl gg

tkk13909@sopuli.xyz on 06 Dec 2023 20:32 next collapse

What version of Debian? I hope the 3.1.0 I see isn’t the Kernel release.

KISSmyOS@lemmy.world on 06 Dec 2023 20:42 collapse

No, I just duckduckwent “Hacker Cat” and nabbed the pic where the cat had the smuggest look on her face.
My own cat made sure to dispose of all incriminating evidence.

atzanteol@sh.itjust.works on 06 Dec 2023 21:15 next collapse

Is “magic sysrq” enabled? Could be the cat hit alt+sysrq+something.

ABasilPlant@lemmy.world on 06 Dec 2023 23:26 collapse

You’re right, that’s exactly what happened. If you look at the top of the trace, it says __handle_sysrq. Moreover, it’s in the sysrq_handle_crash. That gets called when a sysrq combo is pressed.

doctorn@r.nf on 06 Dec 2023 21:36 next collapse

Oh, so thát’s what ‘cat’ does!

glibg10b@lemmy.ml on 07 Dec 2023 05:47 next collapse

OP did not take this picture. Their story is made up. Here’s the original: lkml.org/lkml/2011/11/3/110

KISSmyOS@lemmy.world on 07 Dec 2023 05:56 collapse

I did not take this picture. I just nabbed the smuggest-looking cat-on-a-keyboard I could find.
But your questioning of my cat’s software testing experience has made her very upset.

TheyCallMeHacked@discuss.tchncs.de on 07 Dec 2023 17:01 collapse

I don’t know what you did to your cat, but Imgur is telling me the picture “may contain erotic or adult imagery.”

KISSmyOS@lemmy.world on 07 Dec 2023 17:31 next collapse

She’s not wearing any clothes and there’s licking and petting involved.

dditty@lemm.ee on 07 Dec 2023 19:36 collapse

Nothing like heavy petting a hairy pussy to trigger NSFW content warnings

callyral@pawb.social on 07 Dec 2023 18:17 collapse

yeah for some reason imgur does that but the video is sfw

KarnaSubarna@lemmy.ml on 07 Dec 2023 06:04 next collapse

Imagine yourself playing FPS game (CS: GO 2), and your cat just walk casually on your keyboard!!

Blisterexe@lemmy.zip on 07 Dec 2023 14:35 next collapse

Maybe you could try zorinos, since debian died on you

KISSmyOS@lemmy.world on 07 Dec 2023 14:55 collapse

Ooh, exciting, a user-friendly distro based on Ubuntu…checks notes…LTS 20.04???

Gnome 3.38.4
gtk 3.24.20

Holy shit, that’s older than Debian Oldstable.
When these .deb package versions were released, my cat’s mom wasn’t even born yet.

Blisterexe@lemmy.zip on 07 Dec 2023 19:26 collapse

Yeah it gets updates slowly, but zorin 17 has MUCH newer packages, and it just went into beta.

Its updated to to 22.0something

pizza@lemmy.today on 07 Dec 2023 21:15 next collapse

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possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip on 07 Dec 2023 23:49 collapse

You are one talented cat