Linux admins when they have to use Windows: :/

Windows admins when they have to use Linux: :\

@morph Windows admins when they have to access their root directory: C:
@Rusty and when they plug in an external drive: D:
@morph Oh hey I didn't know there was still a floppy drive in this old thing :B

@Rusty @morph

Users on a Windows network when they want to access someone else's root directory:

/C$

@Rusty @morph
Wait, I brought a USB stick but you only have a CD drive? :E
@Rusty @morph the NT path enjoyer: \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\Harddisk0\Partition1
@Rusty @morph Windows admins when they have to access the drive next to the one where Windows typically is: D:
@morph MacOS admins: >:(

@morph

BSD admins when have to use either windows or Linux X-(

@morph @patterfloof ...so stick that in your | and smoke it?
@morph Classic Mac OS admins: ::
@morph Mac users who are skilled at Windows AND Linux, when they realise everyone will assume they can’t help because Mac… :D
@morph mostly :// tbf
@zhenech @morph that's when anyone has to use chrome os
@morph japanese Linux admins when they have to use Windows: :¥
@morph IT admins, when they have to interact with users :\ 😛
@morph
Me, who has to do both: :|
@morph me when I have to use Windows: %0|%0
Me when I have to use Linux: :(){:|:&};:
@morph admins when they use BSD :)
@morph Little fun fact: Often enough forward slash works just fine in Windows, latest when put into quotes. Microsoft had to add support for forward slash when they pledged for gouvernment contracts that required POSIX compatibility decades ago.

@morph The rare case of an admin with cross training in both Windows and Linux:

:X

@aviancer @morph lets be honest, most admins are just :(
@morph Me having to use both because my company insists in us using garbage windows so I need WSL for Docker :\/
@morph "We use Linux because we choose to. You use Windows because you have to. We are not the same."
@yora @morph We use Linux not because it solves all our problems but because we thought it would solve all our problems

@morph

Mac users' Idea of windows system:

@rezad Note that Windows users don't have similar illusions about Mac.
@morph I read this, read the replies, went back, scrolled down, and THEN got the joke
@morph not an admin, but I feel seen!
@morph VMS admins when they might have to use Linux or Windows: [:]
@morph Windows and Linux Admins when they have to use Plan9.
@morph Windows admins when they have to manage a bunch of drives: :O
@morph and macos admins?
@morph
On my Windows machine, I had folders named, "whatever/whatever" and Linux didn't like that, changing it to one of those brick characters. So I changed them to "whatever \ whatever".
@morph yeah but windows folks deserve it
@morph
Hey guys, did you know that in terms of Windows PC and UNIX workstation interchange, 🥖 is the most compatible directory separator for computers?
Not only are they in the unicode group of "Food symbols", which is mostly comprised of, baked goods 🥖 are an average of 26" tall and 0.5 pounds. this means they're large enough to be able to handle various filesystems, and with their impressive Base stats for deliciousness and access to Crust Armor, you can be rough with one.
@morph
This joke worked better with the old Windows emoji set, but Microsoft has to ruin everything:
https://emojipedia.org/microsoft/windows-11/baguette-bread
🥖 Baguette Bread on Microsoft Windows 11

The long, thin loaf of a baguette, with scoring on its golden-brown crust. A bread commonly associated with France. May also be used to denote financi...

Emojipedia
@morph the cool kids in the 1990s: RAD:
@morph I laughed way harder at this than I should have 🤣. They thought about all the errors windows slashes generated in @puppet server logs
@morph Windows admins instead of just unplug an USB device: searching an option to remove the device safely: 😂
@morph Windows users that is using the Window subsystem for Linux to actually be productive :/

@morph @graemek did anyone reply with:

Windows admins when they have to use windows: :/