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Doom as a tool for system administration (1999)
As I was listening to Anil talk about daemons spawning processes and sysadmins killing them, I thought, "What a great user interface!" Imagine running around with a shotgun blowing away your daemons and processes, never needing to type kill -9 again.
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Systems & PerformanceHistory & Retro Computing2018
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 2018 | Doom as a tool for system administration (1999) by ColinWright | 250 | 31 |
| Jan 8, 2015 | Doom as a tool for system administration (1999) by TazeTSchnitzel | 200 | 62 |
| Apr 23, 2016 | Doom as a tool for system administration (1999) by CarolineW | 165 | 39 |
| Jan 26, 2009 | Doom as a tool for system administration by RiderOfGiraffes | 59 | 14 |
Cited in comments
Linked from 16 Hacker News comments by 15 different people, from Dec 2012 to Nov 2025.
Most recent:
- michael-online · Nov 8, 2025
- bongodongobob · Nov 8, 2025
- xook · Nov 16, 2021
- smcl · May 2, 2021
- gen220 · Nov 19, 2020
- smcl · Oct 6, 2020
