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We don't talk about #3671.

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We don't talk about #3671.

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Only the OGs will remember when Steam would sometimes rm -rf /* your system. https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3671

Template without text: https://img.ifunny.co/images/e31929a1a7bafa7e351e7b7cfaec531d12295fb3643ad444d75f2e979ccd657f_1.jpg

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  • @[email protected]
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    8•2 years ago

    I didn’t know about it and it’s hilarious

  • Machefi
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    58•2 years ago

    Cropping the text to the torn photo? Have my upvote!

    • @[email protected]OPM
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      31•2 years ago

      THANK YOU! I was hoping someone would notice!

  • Ananace
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    2•2 years ago

    Let me tell you about Bumblebee and their issue #123, though that one’s even worse seeing as installing system packages are done as root.

    (Their install/update commands included rm -rf /usr /lib/nvidia-current/xorg/xorg)

  • @[email protected]
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    10•2 years ago

  • redcalcium
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    65•2 years ago

    Don’t forget that time when installing steam on Linux Mint would prompt you to uninstall gnome, and Linus (of Linus Tech Tips) got burned because he didn’t read the confirmation message.

    • @[email protected]
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      88•2 years ago

      That was not Linux Mint but Pop! OS.

      • redcalcium
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        12•2 years ago

        You’re right. I somehow remember it as Linux Mint.

        • @[email protected]
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          8•2 years ago

          In the same series Luke was using Mint on his rig

    • @[email protected]OPM
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      27•2 years ago

      Today on Linus Drop Tips: how to drop your ENTIRE DESKTOP ENVIRONMENT

    • @[email protected]
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      33•2 years ago

      Are you kidding me!? To move forward he had to write that he knew what he was doing! I’m pretty sure he saw the train wreck happening and pushed forward for views.

      • @[email protected]
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        2•2 years ago

        deleted by creator

      • Redex
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        24•2 years ago

        He was doing it while recording a video with his phone, literally installing steam as the first thing on his PC, he didn’t expect anything like that to even be possible. He probably thought “ugh whatever just finish this download already I don’t care about your permissions”

        Plus he only had to write “yes do as I say”, he didn’t read what came before.

        Here’s the moment when it happened: https://youtu.be/0506yDSgU7M?t=609

      • @[email protected]
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        2•2 years ago

        I wouldn’t accuse him of doing it for views (he gets enough of those), but he is just not much of an expert when it comes to software in my opinion.

  • @[email protected]
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    20•2 years ago

    This is a wild template

    • Xeelee
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      7•2 years ago

      Where’s this from?

      • @[email protected]
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        1•2 years ago

        Seconded, this looks cool

      • @[email protected]
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        6•2 years ago

        Bad news, looks like it’s a one-off: https://www.reddit.com/r/Animemes/comments/fpbynb/germany_oneesan/

        Excellent concept tho.

        • @[email protected]
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          1•2 years ago

          The text is in a different spot. We can recreate it.

          • @[email protected]OPM
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            2 years ago

            A bit JPEG-fried, but no text and higher resolution. https://img.ifunny.co/images/e31929a1a7bafa7e351e7b7cfaec531d12295fb3643ad444d75f2e979ccd657f_1.jpg

    • @[email protected]
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      2•2 years ago

      Its a great one.

  • @[email protected]
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    2•2 years ago

    Eyo what?! 😂 That reminds me of that issue Linus was running into with Pop_OS! where Steam would delete is DE.

    • @[email protected]OPM
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      3•2 years ago

      That was a bug in APT. Iirc, it thought that every package was conflicting with Steam.

  • @[email protected]
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    12•2 years ago

    Edit: Please stop posting stupid image memes or unhelpful messages. This interferes with Valve’s ability to sift through the noise and see if anyone can figure out what triggers it.

  • @[email protected]
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    3•2 years ago

    Huh, did it really do that? I remember installing steam for Linux as soon as beta was available but never had this happen to me

    • @[email protected]
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      16•2 years ago

      It explains in the GitHub link.

      There was a line of code:rm -rf “$STEAMROOT/”*

      If you remove the definition of $STEAMROOT, then it appears to be interpreted as rm -rf /

    • @[email protected]
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      3•2 years ago

      I believe only if you symlinked a specific folder.

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