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Linux Best Practices (lemmy.world)
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[–] 20 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Eh, this is a classic joke by now. There's those jokes on the Windows side too (like the 'delete system32' one).

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Except that you cannot actually delete System32 on Windows like you can delete your whole drive on Linux.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    You can't do this on Linux anymore either. Unless you are on a way out of date system, you need to add the --no-preserce-root flag as well. And I think it still prompts you to make sure it is really want you want to do.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed. This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing!

    You are about to do something potentially harmful. To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!'

    User: gleefully types in the phrase

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    In NT4, you could delete ntldr. Next time you reboot, you have a dead system that was a relative PITA to recover. Generally just wipe and reload.

    So many users trying to gain more disk space on those 210 MB hard drives..

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