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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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Panic "Screen of Death" To Gain Monochrome Fat Tux Logo In Linux 6.11 (www.phoronix.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

On the one hand, that is cool as fuck.

Unfortunately though, I've been fortunate in that I've been using Linux for 16 years and never experienced a panic screen, so I probably won't get to see Tux :/

[–] HumanPerson 42 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Delete /etc to make your system faster. /s Also, obligatory warning to NEVER DO THIS for anyone new to Linux.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Would this even cause a kernel panic? I think this just causes a userland "panic"

[–] HumanPerson 8 points 5 months ago

Idk, you're probably right.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah 'etc' of course stands for 'et cetera' which implies that's all just a bunch of extra shit, right?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

What does it stand for?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

etcetera lol

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

For destructive commands I much prefer find / -type f -exec mv {} /blackhole \;

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Idea: Create alias for /dev/null as /blackhole

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

That won't cause a kernel panic

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

maybe on some public displays,
but those surely wont update to such a new kernel for a long time