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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Tried to rm -r my .cache but accidentally did .config instead... (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm a complete moron, I should've had that backed up and used trash...
I had to learn the hard way lol

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

I should have had backups of important files in my home directory

Lessons learned the hard way

[–] [email protected] 34 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I’m a complete moron,

You are not,
Every person learning with the hardway isnt a moron,

You have to do, to really learn,

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

But... why?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Can you say why were you trying to rm -r your .cache anyway? Also RIP.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Save space probably

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago

if your session is still running you can use env to help reconstruct it

[–] [email protected] 43 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I should’ve […] used trash

For those who don’t know: trash-cli

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

It upsets me to no end that this isn't a standard package 😭

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Reason's I never use auto-complete in the terminal. Sadly, that's sometimes not enough.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)