Linux can and has destroyed hardware - Lemmy.World

In A UEFI World, “rm -rf /” Can Brick Your System [https://www.phoronix.com/news/UEFI-rm-root-directory] This New Linux Kernel Update Can Damage Your Laptop Display [https://www.tomshardware.com/news/linux-kernel-update-kills-laptop-displays] There was also a particular optical drive that would brick if installing from a particular I believe Red Hat Linux installation cd, though I can’t find a source for this (personal experience with 2 drives - warning was in manual). -This was ~20 years ago.