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Windowslike - random crashes
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Description:

After starting this tool, it will go into daemon mode and starts to kill randomly random processes...
This will give you real-windows-feeling!

To compile: make
To start: ./win
To stop: kill `pidof windows`

Sorry, but i had to do this, when i saw Luna-Themes and Windows-like menues for KDE or thinks like that... -.-
Last changelog:

12 years ago

So, last update, i dont do more...:
1. Doesn't kill X or itself anymore
2. Displays a "wanna send home" message after killing a process... (Qt)

Recentupdates:
1. Now you can choose one of 4 different windows-systems to emulate...
2. It will emulate the memory-usage too...
3. Creates an "Microsoft"-Link on your Desktop

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francophone

9 years ago

If you have random crashes on Windows and you cannot resolve those issues, then you must be an idiot.

With all the amateur code and distro specific apps on this site, few apps on this site work right. And you have the nerve to complain about Windows?

Get serious. I'm not Windows fan but there is a reason why 99% of the world is using it.

Grandma and Grandpa are never going to be able to use Linux.

Time to grow up people.

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thornytheirate

9 years ago

Grandma and Grandpa are on their way out, if not already.

We are growing up. Embrace the future.

:3

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Sebien

10 years ago

You made my day :-)

Even if I will not advanturate installe it ;-)

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caminoix

11 years ago

http://www.caminoix.prv.pl/?sub=nixLinIntoWin :)

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caminoix

11 years ago

lol, lol, rotfl! :)

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Patz

11 years ago

Ha-ha! Great! Just what I need for my Windows emulator user! (looks, feels, and now ACTS like Windows!)

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hkja99

11 years ago

Very nice job indeed!
Just making me in the windows mood. Well I am not getting nostalgic though... ha ha!

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hkja99

11 years ago

Omg! random kills :-) great innovative application indeed!

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wuf

11 years ago

Very good...
great work!
Bye
Wuf the owl

PS: looooooooooool

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Lenz

12 years ago

The last missing feature... :D

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foobar4nono

12 years ago

Great app for crash-junkies...

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PomTom

12 years ago

In fact, it helps Windows users switching to Unix.

Still missing: a random GRUB / LILO component which makes the system boot into a blue screen the next time.

I'd love this tool if I were new to Unix.

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Jefis

12 years ago

You fools,
Microsoft Windows ain't so bad
or is it?
Everyone says that is bad, because of number of virus and other stuff, who is damaging system, i am runing XP for 2 months, and saw the crashes only twice, so what's the problem?
Maybe it is in user?

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underlord

12 years ago

Thats still alot of crashing, and it will get worse after time as your system registry gets clogged with crap and every useless file imaginable becomes a protected system file depended on by every other aspect of windows, and to those who say this is a waste of time remember, its his time to waste, looks like he had fun doing it too.

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DIHLOFOS

12 years ago

This is a f*****g fantastic app!
Is it so simply to kill any of the non-user processes?
There u go, a virus.

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nileflowers

12 years ago

I simply say: this is not good

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TheOneAndOnlyFoo

12 years ago

May be, but i didn't know what to do. And for KDE my skills are not high enoght and my code is to dirty...

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philr

12 years ago

...the messages should be more sarcastic, like "You've been running for 12 hours, Microsoft cannot allow this" or "do you want me to shut down or just lose the document you've been working on?"

Phil.

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lokheed

12 years ago

I hate Windows and everything it stands for but in all honesty, when I ran 2003 Server, I didnt see one of those boxes. I actually never had it crash on me save two BSODs...

I dont know what the story is with other people and their PCs but random crashes arent a common thing around my PC. This is just a waste of time that could be put into making KDE better. I guess I am not that much of a geek to find this amusing...

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chrisduben

12 years ago

I'm sure former XP users will feel right at home.

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chucky

12 years ago

There is a little typing mistake in the "wanna send home" window : 'might' is spelled as 'migth'.

Funny work :)

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TheOneAndOnlyFoo

12 years ago

hm... but i'm too tired to change that, so that is not a bug, it's a feature...!

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armstrong

12 years ago

They always say, all what's missing on linux desktops are real killer applications. So what. Here it is: a real killer app...

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suslik

12 years ago

I was wandering... Did you do any work on other Linux apps that crash\are unstable?

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pynm0001

12 years ago

To be real Windows-like, the program should also spawn annoying popups from the system tray (at least when emulating > Win ME).

You could get bonus points by popping up spyware sites randomly as well. ;)

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12 years ago

So, last update, i dont do more...:
1. Doesn't kill X or itself anymore
2. Displays a "wanna send home" message after killing a process... (Qt)

Recentupdates:
1. Now you can choose one of 4 different windows-systems to emulate...
2. It will emulate the memory-usage too...
3. Creates an "Microsoft"-Link on your Desktop

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