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Linux even lets you fully remove the French language!
sudo rm -fr /Just did it, and I can confirm; the French language is no longer on my computer. Thanks c/196!
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Can you remove the England language too?
Believe it or not the, the same command will remove all languages from the system.
What incredible versatility!
Moral of the story: once you remove the French, everything is lost
Isn't it rf? Or do they both work?
In most commands, the order of flags doesn't matter
Try it and find out.
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Don't try it and find out, they work the samer and f are just flags, meaning recursive and force, so it doesn't matter the order
So it will remove everything in the / directory and all its subfolders without further asking.
Would it destroy or brick my device? Or just delete the OS and all my data?
It shouldn't brick your PC, but it has happened as a result of computers improperly complying with UEFI spec. There are far easier and safer ways to clear a hard drive than deleting every file and folder recursively.
The first step of which would be, don't try to clear a hard drive while you have it mounted