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[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 87 points 1 day ago (2 children)

“I deleted the recycling bin folder named /bin/ and it just froze what do I do?”

[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

You need to remark your files !! Just run sudo rm -Rf /

[–] grue@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Freeze? Nah, it'll keep chugging along 'til you reboot (or otherwise try to run a new program), and then won't be able to start.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 1 points 23 hours ago

This is what happened when I deleted the root directory in high school.