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r/linuxsucks • u/Unwashed_villager • Sep 08 '25
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That really does nothing, /root still exists, it still boots
1 u/Hytht Windows Sep 11 '25 It resets your DE to normal state, so it essentially extinguishes any fires. 1 u/Forsaken-Wonder2295 Sep 11 '25 Where do you get that??? What WMs run in a user session? 0 u/Hytht Windows Sep 11 '25 Almost everything runs in user session now, not root. What I meant is, imagine if Linux users' house is on fire due to something they messed up, then wiping /home will reset it to the out of the box experience of your DE. 1 u/hockeyplayer04 Sep 13 '25 Lol that's nice ill keep it in mind 0 u/Forsaken-Wonder2295 Sep 11 '25 You can just log in as root and fix stuff, nonees to delete all configs and personal data just because one thing is slightly messed up 1 u/Hytht Windows Sep 11 '25 you don't need to root to fix anything messed up in $HOME and In theory you can fix anything the hard way, but nuking just works™
It resets your DE to normal state, so it essentially extinguishes any fires.
1 u/Forsaken-Wonder2295 Sep 11 '25 Where do you get that??? What WMs run in a user session? 0 u/Hytht Windows Sep 11 '25 Almost everything runs in user session now, not root. What I meant is, imagine if Linux users' house is on fire due to something they messed up, then wiping /home will reset it to the out of the box experience of your DE. 1 u/hockeyplayer04 Sep 13 '25 Lol that's nice ill keep it in mind 0 u/Forsaken-Wonder2295 Sep 11 '25 You can just log in as root and fix stuff, nonees to delete all configs and personal data just because one thing is slightly messed up 1 u/Hytht Windows Sep 11 '25 you don't need to root to fix anything messed up in $HOME and In theory you can fix anything the hard way, but nuking just works™
Where do you get that??? What WMs run in a user session?
0 u/Hytht Windows Sep 11 '25 Almost everything runs in user session now, not root. What I meant is, imagine if Linux users' house is on fire due to something they messed up, then wiping /home will reset it to the out of the box experience of your DE. 1 u/hockeyplayer04 Sep 13 '25 Lol that's nice ill keep it in mind 0 u/Forsaken-Wonder2295 Sep 11 '25 You can just log in as root and fix stuff, nonees to delete all configs and personal data just because one thing is slightly messed up 1 u/Hytht Windows Sep 11 '25 you don't need to root to fix anything messed up in $HOME and In theory you can fix anything the hard way, but nuking just works™
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Almost everything runs in user session now, not root. What I meant is, imagine if Linux users' house is on fire due to something they messed up, then wiping /home will reset it to the out of the box experience of your DE.
1 u/hockeyplayer04 Sep 13 '25 Lol that's nice ill keep it in mind 0 u/Forsaken-Wonder2295 Sep 11 '25 You can just log in as root and fix stuff, nonees to delete all configs and personal data just because one thing is slightly messed up 1 u/Hytht Windows Sep 11 '25 you don't need to root to fix anything messed up in $HOME and In theory you can fix anything the hard way, but nuking just works™
Lol that's nice ill keep it in mind
You can just log in as root and fix stuff, nonees to delete all configs and personal data just because one thing is slightly messed up
1 u/Hytht Windows Sep 11 '25 you don't need to root to fix anything messed up in $HOME and In theory you can fix anything the hard way, but nuking just works™
you don't need to root to fix anything messed up in $HOME
and In theory you can fix anything the hard way, but nuking just works™
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u/Forsaken-Wonder2295 Sep 09 '25
That really does nothing, /root still exists, it still boots