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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Question: What is Linux misinformation? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It is against the rules but but what is it exactly?

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[–] [email protected] 95 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Spreading Linux misinformation is saying things about Linux that aren't true.

Examples:

These can be jokes or trolling like “You can save space by removing the system's pre-installed French language pack by running sudo rm -fr /” (disclaimer don't do this!)

Or misconceptions, such as “You probably don't have a virus even if you suspect it, due to Linux's nature viruses aren't possible” (you absolutely can)

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago

"Arch is stable"

[–] Eiri 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's genius. Absolutely evil, but genius.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

All it's been doing for at least the past 15 years is throw an error message. Because there really isn't any reason you'd want to do that on purpose.

[–] Eiri 4 points 3 months ago

To the disappointment of evil prankers everywhere. Reminds me of "format c:"

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have seen that code block so many times, but never with the options switch around so it stands for french 😂 Thankfully in most cases these days you need to add --no-preserve-root for this command to run.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

but never with the options switch around

Life pro tip: always put the force flag first on any command line you write (that has such a flag), to ensure that it's the first thing seen by everyone (including your future self) reading that command line.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I don't think these things are universal across software, but you can often put -f on its own, separate from other flags, or get in the habit of using the long --force flag.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

As far as I've seen, single letter flags like -f can always be used by themselves, like -f -r

It's actually not universal that they can be put together like -fr

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I don't think these things are universal across software,

They are not.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

In scripts or documents I try to use the long form of commands.