A Linux user's nightmare: the machine was wiped clean with one click

https://lemmy.world/post/13400226

A Linux user's nightmare: the machine was wiped clean with one click - Lemmy.World

google translate [https://www-mikrobitti-fi.translate.goog/uutiset/mb/56bebe35-5bca-495c-b04d-5fc65c2ff772?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp]

The Gray Layout installation script ran the rm -rf command, which normally removes all files from the device

Translation difficulties, or does the author really think that’s what it’s normally used for?

It's an accurate translation. Mikrobitti is a generic computer magazine (with a long history) so it could either be that the author is not very familiar with Linux cli or it might also be that they were trying to put it in layman's terms.