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Delete /etc to make your system faster. /s Also, obligatory warning to NEVER DO THIS for anyone new to Linux.
Would this even cause a kernel panic? I think this just causes a userland "panic"
Idk, you're probably right.
Yeah 'etc' of course stands for 'et cetera' which implies that's all just a bunch of extra shit, right?
What does it stand for?
etcetera lol
For destructive commands I much prefer
find / -type f -exec mv {} /blackhole \;Idea: Create alias for /dev/null as /blackhole
That won't cause a kernel panic