• @[email protected]
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      454 months ago

      Too many people got trolled into “removing the French language pack” on Linux systems that there’s now a check to see if someone is deleting every file off their computer (including the os system files). --no-preserve-root is the option you need to include to actually delete all the files off your system.

    • wander1236
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      304 months ago

      Contrary to the memes, Linux does actually sometimes try to stop you from shooting yourself in the foot

      • @rtxn
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        264 months ago

        Yes, do as I say!

        • @[email protected]
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          64 months ago

          Every time I get one of these even if I 100% feel like I know what I’m doing it strikes a deep fear in me

            • @SkyeHarith
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              4 months ago
              
              touch me
              touch a
              touch sandwich
              sudo make me a sandwich
              
              
    • @[email protected]
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      144 months ago

      Overrides the protection in place that prevents you from deleting the root of your filesystem.