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What's your "Oh fuck, that actually worked!" Linux moment that made you feel like a wizard? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/linux@programming.dev

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For me, my high bar that I have yet to beat, was the time I pivoted the running OS (ubuntu) into RAM over SSH so I could unmount and image the boot drive without rebooting and loading a live USB (Which would have required a ticket with my provider to enable IPMI)

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 34 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

That this worked when I did it in 2006:

wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Warcraft\ III/Frozen\ Throne.exe -opengl

[–] Shareni@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yet in 2025 w3c is a pain in the ass

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