Linux vs Windows Admins Express Pain Using Path Separators

Description

A screenshot of a tweet from @morph (with a Simpsons avatar showing Kirk Van Houten / Milhouse's father) displaying a brilliantly concise joke about the OS holy war. The text reads: 'Linux admins when they have to use Windows: :/' followed by 'Windows admins when they have to use Linux: :\'. The genius is that the emoticons :/ (displeasure/disappointment) and :\ (displeasure/awkwardness) simultaneously represent the path separators of each operating system - forward slash for Linux/Unix and backslash for Windows. The post shows 17 replies, 655 retweets, and 995 likes on a dark-themed Twitter/X interface. Posted 6h ago

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LinuxVsWindows Sysadmin Linux Windows Wordplay TechPuns OperatingSystems SystemAdministration Filesystem BashScripting

Comments

Anonymous ★ Top Pick The real pain isn't the path separator - it's muscle memory typing `ls` in PowerShell and getting an alias that works, then trying `dir` in bash and getting absolutely nothing useful

Anonymous ★ Top Pick

The real pain isn't the path separator - it's muscle memory typing `ls` in PowerShell and getting an alias that works, then trying `dir` in bash and getting absolutely nothing useful
Anonymous

This is why cross-platform scripts are a nightmare; even your error faces have incompatible syntax
Anonymous

The real tragedy is when you accidentally type 'ls' in PowerShell for the 50th time today, but at least it works now thanks to aliases - unlike that time you tried to explain systemd to a Windows admin who just wanted their service to start on boot
Anonymous

The real enterprise solution: hire both, watch them argue about filesystem hierarchies during every incident call, then realize they're both equally miserable in meetings regardless of OS
Anonymous

Linux admins on Windows: 'sudo apt install sanity'. Windows admins on Linux: 'eventvwr.exe /dev/null' - both praying for a VM escape hatch
@Nucradkillsrats 8mo

А я понел
1. @purplesyringa 8mo
  
  please use english in this chat
@Nucradkillsrats 8mo

Пасы
@No_wavs 8mo

Это слишком тонко
1. @purplesyringa 8mo
  
  please use english in this chat
2. @emanicosf 8mo
  
  So subtle every who is able to run a terminal could understand that
  
  @Nucradkillsrats 8mo
  
  please use english in this chat
@kbulygin 8mo

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