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Windows has a lot of bloatware dependencies (i.imgflip.com)
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[–] torafugu@artemis.camp 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

User: "Hey Linux, I want to remove the / directory."

Linux: "Go ahead, just remember to use sudo."

[–] MaliciousKebab@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

I read that this might remove efivars from your motherboard and brick your hardware. There was a workaround but not sure if it's safe hardware wise now. I would like to do this to my laptop before reinstalling with btrfs but I'm kinda scared.

[–] SoyaSuki@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Need -no-preserve-root :(. They made Linux way too child friendly imo. It messes with my workflow. Now my old scripts don't work anymore T_T

[–] ashley@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago

just do sudo rm -rf /* and it works without

[–] Nate19@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I think that's okay as long they allow you to remove the safe guards.