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[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 66 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

On the one hand, that is cool as fuck.

Unfortunately though, I've been fortunate in that I've been using Linux for 16 years and never experienced a panic screen, so I probably won't get to see Tux :/

[–] HumanPerson@sh.itjust.works 42 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Delete /etc to make your system faster. /s Also, obligatory warning to NEVER DO THIS for anyone new to Linux.

[–] InnerScientist@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Would this even cause a kernel panic? I think this just causes a userland "panic"

[–] HumanPerson@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

Idk, you're probably right.

[–] loie@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah 'etc' of course stands for 'et cetera' which implies that's all just a bunch of extra shit, right?

[–] SeekPie@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] kryllic@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago
[–] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

For destructive commands I much prefer find / -type f -exec mv {} /blackhole \;

[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

Idea: Create alias for /dev/null as /blackhole

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

That won't cause a kernel panic

[–] Kerb@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 year ago

maybe on some public displays,
but those surely wont update to such a new kernel for a long time