• NeilBrü@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    They forgot sudo. Also, why not throw in a -v flag to see your dreams die in real time!

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      2 months ago

      When I first messed with Linux circa 1997, I had just installed it and learned how to edit fstab to mount my windows drive automatically.

      I couldn’t figure out how to start X, though, so I booted into windows and asked in EFnet #linux.

      The advice I was given was ‘rm -rf /’.

      I hadn’t yet learned about non-privileged accounts.

      The correct command was ‘startx’.

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        2 months ago

        I first started my GNU-Linux journey on a RasPi 2 Model B+. I too remember having to startx!