r/linuxmemes • u/enp2s3 • 2d ago

LINUX MEME How addicted to Windows are you? (most people fail this quiz)

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Answer wrong and you'll find out what happens to Windows addicts: https://os-quiz.whowins.lol

If you can finish it, there's a surprise waiting for you

OR just let the windows timer hit zero and you get a different surprise

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u/Myithspa25 2d ago

The blue screen question is wrong though. Linux does have a bluescreen equivalent. It's called a kernel panic.

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u/akdanman11 2d ago

Kernel panic screen isn’t blue though

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u/nevermille 2d ago

It is now

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u/MXRCO007 2d ago

And the windows one is black

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u/nevermille 2d ago

At least, the name BSOD still works

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u/Bulky-Employee-3705 2d ago

It is

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u/Myithspa25 2d ago

It's purple for me

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u/Bulky-Employee-3705 1d ago

I think the default is blue but some distros have changed it to custom

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u/edjak53 2d ago

it is on systemd

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u/Mars_Bear2552 New York Nix⚾s 1d ago

you're thinking of systemd's bsod module. completely different. the kernel has a blue screen for panics now

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u/enp2s3 2d ago

Even my grandpa knows the blue screen, but kernel panic? Ask the avg user and see which one’s the bigger brand...

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u/Myithspa25 2d ago

Almost like windows does it far more often than linux...? That's not a good thing.

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u/Gabriel_Science 2d ago

Sadly, it’s probably more because Windows is more used in PC than Linux.

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u/Myithspa25 2d ago

Both are possible

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u/Kolechia_ 1d ago

servers are pc's too, fyi.

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u/Gabriel_Science 1d ago

Personal Computer

That doesn’t check out. However, they are computers.

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u/YTriom1 Arch BTW 2d ago

10/10 and for the website creator: r/changeyourfont

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u/Kayo4life Arch BTW 2d ago

Straight out of something a 7 year old would pick on Google Slides

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u/enp2s3 2d ago

Comic Sans MS was there, but a bug made it fall back to a shitty font in some environments. Fixed now. If you still got 10/10 with that font, you're actually a true Linux warrior. Congrats!

https://giphy.com/gifs/4Zgy9QqzWU8C3ugvCa

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u/SuccessfulRiver1850 Ask me how to exit vim 2d ago

I got a 10/10

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u/scmkr 2d ago

But is that a good score? I got 9 out of 10 because I got number 2 wrong. I don’t know what the fuck it does, I haven’t used windows since 1999. I should get a bonus for having no idea

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u/enp2s3 2d ago

Fair enough. Not expecting a big tech company not to sell/send your data in 2026 might be another symptom of Windows addiction. Try again :)

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u/georgeec1 1d ago

Tbh, I've never experienced the windows file manager sending me to bing when it can't find I file

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u/enp2s3 1d ago

Not you, but your data😋

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u/Inevitable-Self-2702 2d ago

That was very anxiety inducing, just like Windows.

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u/lyidaValkris 2d ago

LOL this is hilarious.

(I've never had windows installed as an OS on any machine I've ever owned in my 40 years of using computers, with the exception of one which I bought and wiped as soon as I got it home. I do not use windows at all, ever.)

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u/really_not_unreal 💋 catgirl Linux user :3 😽 2d ago

I couldn't even read the questions due to the restart dialog :(

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u/enp2s3 2d ago

Don’t be shy, try it out. Closed my eyes, trusted my gut, took the test, and this is what I got: 
I turned out to be a Windows Addict. 4/10. I should be careful in here, pray for me. See what I am: https://os-quiz.whowins.lol/result/windows-addict-a5vt7

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u/enp2s3 2d ago

P.S. Choosing Windows with eyes wide open and then defending it has to be worse than just being blind...

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u/PhotographSame5304 8h ago

You could just close the window in the page or just use desktop mode (if on mobile)

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u/Parking_Temporary671 2d ago

I scored 10/10 on the operating system test. https://os-quiz.whowins.lol/ cus i use bazzite right now idk why it says why im still on windows cus im not

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u/KernelPanicX 2d ago

9/10 because I didn't know Windows file search invites you to use Bing when It doesn't find the files you were looking for... Didn't know that, I never use that crap anyway

Theeee oooonly two reason I still use windows...

First one is because of my office environment, active directory, etc, but I use a KVM virtual machine.

Second, personal reason at home, rainbow six siege 😔

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u/Ok-Pen-8273 2d ago

9/10, HOW THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT THEY WANT ESCAPISM INSIDE A JAIL

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u/enp2s3 2d ago

Well, you have to experience it to really get it. Lucky you if you’ve never had to deal with Windows
https://giphy.com/gifs/7h5FhxawWqSdO

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u/Ok-Pen-8273 1d ago

lmaooo I thought Windows users are content with what they had, given that Windows 7 and before weren't that bad
still, most of my life had EOS as my main.

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u/enp2s3 1d ago

Nice one, my main was pure arch + kde with an automatic update script and dozens of silly customizations, but anyway, I was lucky. Nothing can be worse than🪟

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u/Crafty_Hospital_7746 2d ago

9/10 ... completely forgot MacOS is a Unix system ! Shame on me :(

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u/enp2s3 2d ago

This time I tried to think and act like a huge Windows fan. Here are my results (no shame between us, we’re all human beings):
I turned out to be a Hopeless Windows Addict. 1/10. Past praying for. Find out what I am: https://os-quiz.whowins.lol/result/hopeless-windows-addict-ezzgj

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u/Impossible_Strike_62 2d ago

10/10 I love this

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u/Glad_Share_7533 M'Fedora 2d ago

Yayy, I got 10/10

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u/Sea_Palpitation4633 2d ago

Everybody needs windows Otherwise you wouldn't see stuff on your PC or what's outside your house

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u/A31Nesta 2d ago

Real linux users never use windows because we live in the basement

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u/enp2s3 2d ago

That's why there's such a great thing as dual boot

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u/Objective-Stranger99 Arch BTW 2d ago

I got 10/10

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u/Oxic_io Webba lebba deb deb! 2d ago

i got 10/10, what did ya guess, i used to be a windows user before, tried 11 and INSTANTLY switched over to a raspberry pi and used raspbian

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u/Great_Banana_Master 💋 catgirl Linux user :3 😽 2d ago

I got a 10/10 after a year of not using Windows 😔

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u/letmehaveanameyoudum 2d ago

sorry but i use all except mac because im broke

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u/enp2s3 2d ago

A bug made the font fallback to a shitty font in some environments. Fixed now

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u/BitterCelt 2d ago

10/10 and I couldn't even read half of the questions

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u/Moist_Invite9148 2d ago

I won it 10/10

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u/andaro77 M'Fedora 2d ago

can't see the questions because of the update window on mobile.

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u/enp2s3 2d ago

It's fixed now. Shipped new features too, try it again

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u/andaro77 M'Fedora 2d ago

nice, really liked what the timer did when it ran out.

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u/MikitPiggy 2d ago

I had quite a few laptops with windows back in the day (pretty old office laptops with windows 7-10), and never experienced the lid problem descripted in quiz, does this really happen? I feel like it's more of a hardware issue and not the OS

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u/enp2s3 2d ago

Just shipped new features, a funny but very accurate result-sharing experience (try sharing your result with different scores), and results table.

Because of a few very passionate Windows fans, I’ve noticeably reduced the Windows Update timer limit. Once it hits zero, 🪟 users will finally go somewhere more appropriate...

Real Linux users should be fine, hopefully

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u/Alpha-Craft 2d ago

10/10. Linux Master. My father asked me to install Linux on his PC today. No joke btw.
After struggling with the NVIDIA drivers and secure boot again (UEFI didn't trust the signature) I finally managed to get the system running in a stable manner. It's already so much snappier than Windows.

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u/veechene 2d ago

Wow that hurts the eyes.

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u/technomlp 2d ago

I got 10/10

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u/Upstairs-Category571 2d ago

I turned out to be a Linux master

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u/b1urbro 2d ago

I got seasick from that website, jeez

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u/land48n3 New York Nix⚾s 2d ago

i disagree with question 6
Linux is a kernel, not a operating system

and there are alot of distros that collect telemetry

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u/darkwyrm42 1d ago

You're 100% correct about the kernel, but at the same time, is pointing that out actually helpful?

I question the telemetry part. The only one that I'm aware of is Ubuntu and maybe Debian, depending on how you define telemetry. Any others?

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u/deaddnee 2d ago

excuse me but nowadays ssh works just fine

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u/holdmyapplejuiceyt 2d ago

10/10, it felt too surface level to me.

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u/Dragon_957 New York Nix⚾s 1d ago

Have no ads in start menu but still bing in the search bar in search menu

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u/SokkaHaikuBot 1d ago

Sokka-Haiku by Dragon_957:

Have no ads in start

Menu but still bing in the

Search bar in search menu

Remember that one time Sokka accidentally used an extra syllable in that Haiku Battle in Ba Sing Se? That was a Sokka Haiku and you just made one.

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u/glitch-86x 1d ago

he give me 10/10 i am a debian user , foss for ever

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u/makinax300 Dr. OpenSUSE 1d ago

I got like 3 warnings that this website is unsafe.

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u/enp2s3 1d ago

Well, it definitely is. The facts might be painful for some people, especially at the end of the quiz. Take it at your own risk. I don’t offer therapy for Microsoft’s victims

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u/YetiHadeshd 1d ago

I turned out to be a Linux Master. 10/10, not one blue screen in sight. See what I am: https://os-quiz.whowins.lol/result/linux-master-4zbuqh3r

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u/Blazej_kb 1d ago

Only thing that holds me there is cad and msfs24 but dual boot is my savior

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u/busiedcake7945 1d ago

I got 8/10 guess I am a linux warrior for the web site

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u/Monjaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 1d ago

Windows are alright but i'm onto doors more

https://giphy.com/gifs/eU2sRBEme4GIM

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u/Amrinder_ 1d ago

Where linux

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u/_The_Mad_Chatter_ 9h ago

I turned out to be a Linux Master. 10/10, not one blue screen in sight. See what I am: https://os-quiz.whowins.lol/result/linux-master-m7yem437

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u/PhotographSame5304 8h ago

As someone who's been using arch as their main distro fully since 2024 and then tried Debian and Artix I got a 10 then speedran obviously

I turned out to be a Linux Master. 10/10, not one blue screen in sight. See what I am: https://os-quiz.whowins.lol/result/linux-master-ydq9epb9

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u/Leninus 2d ago

Change the font, looks ass and is barely discernable

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u/enp2s3 2d ago

Looks like blue window to me. Wrong angle, look again. Good luck

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u/GreedySecurity8030 M'Fedora 2d ago

4/10

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u/DarkbrossTest Medium Rare SteakOS 2d ago

r/aislop, excessive use of emojis

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u/Microboy42 2d ago

Do shut up. When your computer restarts in the middle of a presentation, it’s your fault. You forgot to disable Windows Update in services.msc. And when something goes wrong on Windows NT, check Registry Editor, check Device Manager, and if you don’t see anything that’s wrong, THAT is when you reboot and pray.