@spaf As a general rule, however, don't run code you find in satirical media posts.
@spaf technically correct (the best kind of correct, as we all know)
@spaf one notes quietly that that could lead to the pardoning of some "French"... Which is actually Saxon... ๐Ÿ˜ˆ
@spaf I explained this to my wife and why it was funny while she was in the middle of playing her favourite videogame. She was very polite about it.
@spaf hรฉhรฉ, French powa! 
@spaf most people don't realize that rm will preserve the root of the language, allowing it to be regenerated with the next system update. There's a flag to prevent this if you really want to keep those Frenchies out ๐Ÿคซ
@spaf I'm glad the meme improved from the first version to now include every directory containing French language packs.
@spaf
I want to ask if anybody tried it but I'm guessing they're not around at the moment.
@spaf I wish there were an 'absolutely love this' button. Also, is it a thing that people are pissed about the Olympic opening ceremony because that would be completely demented. It would be like hating kittens and puppies.

@glennsills @spaf yes, some from the US were upset because they are ignorant and confused an homage to a 17th Century Dutch painting with Da Vinciโ€™s Last Supper.

https://deadline.com/2024/07/olympics-opening-ceremony-artistic-director-intention-mock-or-shock-1236024601/#

Olympics Opening Ceremony Artistic Director Says Intention Was Not โ€œTo Mock Or Shockโ€

Jolly and collaborators ran riot with French cultural and historical references, mixing tradition and modernity and embracing diversity and inclusion.

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@jim_smoot @spaf I read after the fact that the Catholic Church in France was also upset. It is strange what upsets people.
@spaf Doing forget that you can use that excellent command to get rid of the French on your Mac too!
@spaf I did this, rebooted, and my login screen says "No hablo Espaรฑol".

@spaf

Serious chaotic neutral energy here.

@spaf

Funny. But not funny.

You know someone must have fell for it.

Then again, it is funny in a good way because they get to re-install and keep learning their admin skills.

#Admin #Nix

@spaf Yeah, I'm sure millions of Linux users will a) be in the target audience and b) fall for that ;-DD
@spaf Well, that French language pack is gone now. ๐Ÿ˜
@ketchup71 @spaf so is everything else ๐Ÿ˜ญ
@writeblankspace @spaf True. The revenge of the French language pack was swift and terrible! ๐Ÿ˜
@spaf ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ viva la France!
@spaf luckily it won't work without --no-preserve-root :)

@laura @spaf it will because of the *

edit: oops somehow ended up replying to a 2yr post, sorry

@spaf

This is asshole. Giant asshole. This code deletes everything. Its only funny that someone new to linux might not know. So blocked. Poster and booster.

@kevinrns @spaf You know, I haven't used linux in close to 20 years and yet as I read that code, I laughted.. I thought that looks very dangerous.. did a quick search.. yeah..
My point.. anyone who just runs some random code from the internet without checking the commands.. should not be in command of any computer equipment.
@spaf please don't do it... ๐Ÿ˜…
@spaf no i'm pissed at the french for pronouncing it "west" but spelling it "ouest"

- posted by Spensa, she/her

@spaf That reminded me of when the bumblebee rm -rf /usr bug hit me. Ouch.

https://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee-Old-and-abbandoned/issues/123

install script does rm -rf /usr for ubuntu ยท Issue #123 ยท MrMEEE/bumblebee-Old-and-abbandoned

An extra space at line 351: rm -rf /usr /lib/nvidia-current/xorg/xorg causes the install.sh script to do an rm -rf on the /usr directory for people installing in ubuntu. Totally uncool dude!!! The ...

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@spaf

Brilliant. This is the kind of social darwinism we need.

Does the order of command options in linux matter?

For example, when I entered either: gcc -O hello.c -c Or gcc hello.c -c -O Both did not complain. Does the order of command options matter?

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@spaf

The Linux Read Mail command has many uses.