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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).

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What have been your costliest mistakes in using Linux? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 days ago by kiol@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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For me it is not recording credentials with the assumption I would simply remember them later, while having every opportunity to archive them before eventually forgetting. Also, not keeping detailed enough notes & photos of exactly how my hardware is attached.

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[–] cevn@lemmy.world 22 points 4 days ago (3 children)

dd if=fedora.iso of=my ssd instead of flash drive :’(

[–] chaosCruiser@futurology.today 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Now you know why it’s called the Disk Destroyer.

Before using dd, I prefer to run lsblk first so that I can see what each disk is called. Before pressing enter, I also double check the names with the lsblk output.

[–] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

TIL about using lsblk instead of just reading through the output of journalctl to find the disk and partitions. Thanks!

[–] chaosCruiser@futurology.today 2 points 4 days ago

Glad I could help! This command is just so much nicer.

[–] BunnyKnuckles@startrek.website 10 points 4 days ago

Always triple check dd

[–] TerHu@lemm.ee 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

i love the raspberry pi imager for that reason. i don’t want no balena etcher stealing my data, but a gui is very convenient for flashing isos, so raspi imager it is! (works for any iso you want)

[–] 737@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 days ago

just run lsblk before dd