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c/linuxsucks · by madthumbs@lemmy.world · 1y

Linux can and has destroyed hardware

In A UEFI World, "rm -rf /" Can Brick Your System

This New Linux Kernel Update Can Damage Your Laptop Display

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.

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Aiastarei@lemmy.world · 51 pts · 1y (3 replies)

I mean, right in one of those articles it says that Windows also can destroy your UEFI

madthumbs@lemmy.world · -16 pts · 1y (1 reply)

"Matthew says with about 20 lines of code on Windows, you can cause the same havoc. He points out that mounting EFI variables as read-only could break some user-space applications and isn't the solution to the problem."

Ajen@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
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Uschteinheim@lemmy.world · -25 pts · 1y

Right, Windows lives rent free in your head. haha

superkret@feddit.org · 46 pts · 1y (1 reply)

As a public service announcement, recursively removing all of your files from / is no longer recommended.

When was it ever recommended?
There's absolutely no reason to do this, ever.

Rin@lemm.ee · 33 pts · 1y
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Stanley_Pain@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y
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madthumbs@lemmy.world · -19 pts · 1y

Linux Almost KILLED MY SSD...(youtube)