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Installing OS, 10 years ago:

Windows: click a couple of buttons enter username and password

Linux: Terminal hacking, downloading shell scripts from github

Installing OS today:

Linux: click a couple of buttons, enter username and password

Windows: Terminal hacking, downloading shell scripts from github.

Link to video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qKRmYW1D0S0

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[-] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I know just enough about Linux to know that's problematic. I don't know anything about language packs to know why someone try to remove one this way though. Just seems wrong from the get go.

[-] Samsy@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It's an old joke:

sudo = admin rights

rm = remove

fr = force recursive (the more popular syntax is

"rf" but for the joke its "fr" which looks like a short form for French)

/ * = C:\

It doesn't remove the French language pack, it removes the entire harddrive.

[-] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Tbf it does remove the french language pack.
And then some more.

[-] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I understood the joke after seeing the command. It was getting the command from the joke that lost me. Cause I'd never have tried removing a language pack like that to begin with.

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