It is against the rules but but what is it exactly?

  • The Ramen Dutchman@ttrpg.network
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    2 years ago

    Spreading Linux misinformation is saying things about Linux that aren’t true.

    Examples:

    These can be jokes or trolling like “You can save space by removing the system’s pre-installed French language pack by running sudo rm -fr /” (disclaimer don’t do this!)

    Or misconceptions, such as “You probably don’t have a virus even if you suspect it, due to Linux’s nature viruses aren’t possible” (you absolutely can)

    • Norah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I have seen that code block so many times, but never with the options switch around so it stands for french 😂 Thankfully in most cases these days you need to add --no-preserve-root for this command to run.

      • darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        2 years ago

        but never with the options switch around

        Life pro tip: always put the force flag first on any command line you write (that has such a flag), to ensure that it’s the first thing seen by everyone (including your future self) reading that command line.

        • everett@lemmy.ml
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          2 years ago

          I don’t think these things are universal across software, but you can often put -f on its own, separate from other flags, or get in the habit of using the long --force flag.

      • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        2 years ago

        How are communism and fascism the same? What definitions are you using?

        AFAIK communism advocates for a stateless, classless, moneyless society, while fascism advocates for imperial nationalism and the violent class hierarchies of capitalism, racism, misogyny, xenophobia, etc.

        They seem much more like opposites under the standard definitions. I don’t understand doublespeak.

        • mkuznetsoff@lemmy.world
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          2 years ago

          as a Russian who has studied the history of the USSR, i can say that Stalin’s regime might seem like a kind of fascism now, but by no means am I saying that Stalin’s communism was anything like Marx’s or Lenin’s.

          • comfy@lemmy.ml
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            2 years ago

            When things get extreme they get similar.

            ‘Extreme’ is a vague word, but when you’re talking about communism and fascism (or more generally ‘far-left’ and ‘far-right’ ideology), that’s a false generalization known as ‘horseshoe theory’.

            There are many clear counter-examples when talking about communism, like the entire school of anacho-communist ideologies and the existing societies stemming from them (including the Zapatista territory in Mexico with a population of around 360,000, or the FEJUVE federation in Bolivia, or the many anarchist communes around the world).

            As for the more authoritarian versions (Stalinist, Maoist and related ideologies), despite their strong one-party systems, they are still extremely different to fascist ideologies in their goals and how they use their strong state to achieve them. To say ‘they are the same in many respects’ would apply just as equally to liberal capitalist states like the USA and allies, with their infamously militarized police, constant wars and imperial militarism, strong cult of nationalism (for the US, it’s centered on the Founding Fathers), mass imprisonment and state interference in bodily autonomy.

  • ReallyZen@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    That you can “do everything that windows does”. You can’t. You can do similar things, you can do different things, you can do basic things, yes, but Linux can’t do everything that windows does.

    disclaimer: on linux since 2006