Linux even lets you fully remove the French language!
sudo rm -fr /
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Just did it, and I can confirm; the French language is no longer on my computer. Thanks c/196!
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Can you remove the England language too?
Believe it or not the, the same command will remove all languages from the system.
What incredible versatility!
Moral of the story: once you remove the French, everything is lost
Isn't it rf? Or do they both work?
In most commands, the order of flags doesn't matter
Try it and find out.
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Don't try it and find out, they work the same
r and f are just flags, meaning recursive and force, so it doesn't matter the order
So it will remove everything in the / directory and all its subfolders without further asking.
Would it destroy or brick my device? Or just delete the OS and all my data?
It shouldn't brick your PC, but it has happened as a result of computers improperly complying with UEFI spec. There are far easier and safer ways to clear a hard drive than deleting every file and folder recursively.
The first step of which would be, don't try to clear a hard drive while you have it mounted
You don't need a bootloader if you don't reboot
on a serious note, is possible to never reboot?
like an high availability server that can't never go down, how do they manage kernel updates? *
- yes i know that now there is kube and docker etc and you can update the container with zero downtime. but how they did it 10 years ago?
Kernel live patching, which basically rewires kernel functions at runtime, lets you update the kernel without rebooting. I don't remember how old that is though.
You can go without rebooting if you always have power, don't care about updates (security) and don't run into bugs.
It's done with multiple servers I guess. One updates/reboots while the other ones don't.
every day we strive further from god
In fairness to Windows, stopping users from doing really dumb shit is a feature if you're family tech support.
Linux will also stop regular users from breaking the system.
If you're family tech support, making them superusers is probably a mistake.
So Linux and Windows are the same in that regard.
Because you can also still uninstall Edge if you wanted, just not through the conventional means.
I mean, with admin powers you can still easily corrupt your windows system. Not too much different from sudo rm -ing everything.
What about stopping windows from doing stupid things by itself?
I have a Raspberry Pi and twice I uninstalled something with the goal of reinstalling it, only to realize that what I uninstalled was required to install anything. And I broke the desktop several times over.
I now use apt install --reinstall, I learned my lesson.
I'm just tech savvy enough to know that I'm not skilled enough for Linux. But Microsoft is starting to piss me off
You are wrong. Linux got really easy. Check out linux mint. Hardest part is making the bootable USB. My elderly parents both like it. Installation is much easier than windows and online help is much more available also.
If that's true, I'm happy to be wrong. Now to just stop being lazy
I'm FUCKING SICK of Windows bullshit, but Linux really scare me. My impression is that everything you do on Linux requires typing codes in the terminal, even the simplest tasks would require googling the right codes to type.
Not really you rarely 'have' to get into the terminal, it just get very convenient once you get comfortable with the architecture. Which is not really required either. My 75 yo mom love it, the most techiest thing she does is apply updates by entering her password. I need to help maybe 4 times a year..
> Linux requires typing codes in the terminal, even the simplest tasks would require googling the right codes to type.
Sounds like you already know how to use it to best effect. Better install a distro already :)
Not really. I spend nearly all of my time on the terminal because I like it and can do things very efficiently. I grew up with DOS, so, there's extra nostalgia factor too. For a desktop/laptop, you can do everything in distros like Linux Mint without ever seeing the terminal. Hell, one can code in VSCode on Linux without ever using a terminal.
Once you get the syntax, which, isn't hard, you get used to it! Any distro you choose will have an excellent guide for your perusal.
Try Linux in a virtual machine or on a live USB for a few days to ease into it. There's plenty of beginner friendly distros to choose from that don't require using the terminal. You could even try dual booting Linux and Windows if you decide to make the jump. I'm not going to lie and say that Linux is pure smooth sailing compared to Windows, but I can say that as a former Windows user who was terrified of Linux, after using Debian for a few days I've never booted into Windows on my main PC again
Distros like Suse or Mint don't really require the terminal. They have proper app stores and pretty much everything is in a gui menu. Including the installation process.
I wish it was like this. In reality Grub's suicidal tendencies catch me off guard.
When I was a noob I used arch for work (btw) and grub constantly broke in dire times.
Now I no longer use grub.
systemd-boot?
Fwiw years long GRUB user on multiple OSs without an issue
Gotta learn how to fix it somehow!
Err, you can uninstall Edge, Microsoft isn't blocking you.
It will just break as much as uninstalling the bootloader in Linux.