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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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Tried to rm -r my .cache but accidentally did .config instead... (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm a complete moron, I should've had that backed up and used trash...
I had to learn the hard way lol

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[–] notprogrammer 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Can you say why were you trying to rm -r your .cache anyway? Also RIP.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Save space probably

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

Yeah my system was running out of space and I wanted to free a bit quickly. Turns out the issue was Rust building 20GB of binaries and I should have deleted those instead.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Probably the number one cause of borked Linux systems - trying to "de-bloat".