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    [–] [email protected] 93 points 1 month ago (6 children)

    Obligatory reminder to remove the French language pack:

    sudo rm -fr /*

    [–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

    My brother did this accidentally... twice... Don't ask me how you manage to do this twice...

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    make sure to add --no-preserved-root to make sure to update all the English libraries too so you can make sure only freedom fries are respected.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

    No preserved root because candied ginger is gross

    [–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

    Not necessary with /* Only needed if you do rm -rf /

    [–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    I add a -v because I like to watch.

    [–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

    You sick Bastard.

    [–] [email protected] 47 points 1 month ago

    I mean... You're not wrong. If there's a French language pack on the system, it will remove it.

    Tap for spoilerAlong with everything else.

    [–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

    alias trash-put from trash-cli in both sudo and user.

    myrm() {
  trash-put "$@"
}
alias rm="myrm"

    This has saved my ass so many times. Especially when typing "rm * .png" instead of "rm *.png"

    Can restore the files using the cli or from system recycling bin.

    The alias to rm is probably not best. So getting use to using another name is probably best. But I'm never had a problem with it.

    [–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    That feeling where rm is taking a while to return to the prompt

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

    Exactly. Ctrl+C and hope ls isn't completely empty.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

    Or just use snapshots. If you are into aliases make an alias for rm to make a snapshot before deleting something.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    I've never ran into any issues from using rm but I like this idea and will be using it as I only see positives

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

    Downsides can be inconsistent behavior. As with any alias it's not meant to be anything but a replacement in your shell. Scripts/SSH etc.

    Also, you gotta remember to empty your trash. :)

    [–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    help

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

    Did you actually run it?

    In this case, I hope you had a backup. Boot a live system to see if there's anything left. Back that up, then reinstall.