• WDX@feddit.de
    5·
    11 months ago

    Something something rm -fr / to remove the french language pack

  • katy ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    2·
    11 months ago

    the people who troll or make fun of linux beginners are the same people who wonder every year why desktop linux isn’t more mainstream

    • Alborlin@lemmy.world
      1·
      11 months ago

      And 80% of these are on Lemmy, I mean put up a question or comment that how Linux is not helpful is simple tasks such as giving permissions to program without using command prompt , will get you downvotes/ you are idiot comments heavily.

    • elvith@feddit.de
      1·
      11 months ago

      Also it’s just wrong advice, since you explicitly need --no-preserve-root for it to work… /s

      Jokes aside, please don’t troll anyone with things, that can have severe consequences. Yes, they should have a backup. Yes, they should know how to restore from it. Yes, they should have tested it prior. Yes, you shouldn’t blindly trust people online.

      But even then: Assuming my backup works and I can easily revert the damage. Maybe I need to complete an assignment until tomorrow and just lost 1-2 hours because my PC was busy doing the restore? There’s always a high chance of collateral damage

  • naonintendois@programming.dev
    1·
    11 months ago

    I trolled myself by “learning” that I could delete all files in a directory, including hidden files, with rm -rf ./*. The mistake being that I (more than once…) accidentally put a space between the . and /.

  • time_fo_that@lemmy.world
    1·
    11 months ago

    I asked for help on the Discord server of LinuxServer.io and they were literally talking shit about me to each other while I was in the chat because I didn’t understand their utter garbage documentation for a Docker I was having trouble with, even with a CS degree.

    • Psythik@lemmy.world
      1·
      11 months ago

      My favorite thing in the world is when the top search result on Google leads to a post from someone telling me to use Google.

    • Pantherina@feddit.deOP
      0·
      11 months ago

      Thats often true though.

      In Linux community stuff at the beginning I was really annoying. You need to learn to search the internet first. Lemmy may be different because its free internet (unlike Reddit or Stack*) so duplicate questions may help.

      Especially in the GrapheneOS Discuss there are people asking the most basic questions, not getting that its Android and those things are the same anywhere.

        • Pantherina@feddit.deOP
          1·
          11 months ago

          I like to give them the keywords. But why should I be the working monkey for lazy people that makes no sense

        • tpihkal@lemmy.world
          01·
          11 months ago

          This tends to be my issue. When things are brand new to you, you may not even know what to begin searching for.

          Even a link can help point someone in the right direction.

  • TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee
    0·
    11 months ago

    Yeah this is the is the biggest reason I dislike Linux forums in a broad sense. Snobby elitist pricks.

    Don’t even get me started on arch Linux forums… my favorite is when someone says is something like “this is super fucking simple you just follow this guide: [insert wiki link that is basically a scientific dissertation on the history of arch]

    • Surp@lemmy.world
      01·
      11 months ago

      It’s the same on Lemmy. Linux people live in a fantasy world…it’s like ya I’ve done some things on Linux but is it the best OS for most people? Nah. Not even close.

  • Ziixe@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    0·
    11 months ago

    Jokes on you I trolled myself by being stupid and not asking for help when installing on the crap old pc I have and fucked myself over by bricking it