Keep it polite, folks. No personal attacks against others, especially speculations regarding mental or emotional capabilities.
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linux is terrible because removing the entire root folder can brick your system it should be more like windows where removing system32 can brick your system
The mention of UEFI in this context likely means they are thinking of a deletion recursing through sysfs and by extension deleting all visible UEFI variables which, in some firmware editions and versions, causes it not to be able to get through post or into the setup menu.
I vaguely recall this and the general issue was very bad firmware design, but it was possible to make it impossible to even reinstall a system. If you were industrious in windows you could have done the same thing, so malware under windows could also brick such platforms.
Of course rm has more safeguards on it so you have to pass more flags and really really be asking it to try to screw things up.
Microwaving any of your computer parts can brick them.
I accidentally ran
rm -rf /
on my work MacBook once. Proper backups and patience with yourself are far better solutions than recommending to let Microsoft infect your computer.How is this not a joke community, like the Lunduke videos?
I thought the same at first, then I started to think the main person was just trolling, now I’m pretty sure they’re actually serious