[ale] Suicide Linux

[Lightner, Jeff]

I know the command line but given my penchant for topys er... typos I'd
never be willing to try that.  I'm sure I'd do the rm -rf during my
first login.

 

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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Brandon Wood
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 9:53 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
Subject: [ale] Suicide Linux

 

Saw this as I was going through my feeds. I'd fail in a heartbeat...

 

 


Think you've mastered Linux? Prove it, with Suicide Linux
<http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=85c70b674c8cec706fcc78a3a6ee79
b7> 


 


from Download Squad
<http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.downloadsquad.c
om%2Frss.xml>  by Jay Hathaway

Linux gurus who pride themselves on their skills with the command line
would finally have a way to prove it if one guy's wacky idea came to
fruition. Yes, it's Suicide Linux <http://qntm.org/suicide> , where any
unrecognized command is parsed as "rm -rf /" ... that's Linux for "your
hard drive's content go boom." Sorry, no helpful spelling correction in
Bash, just boom. This concept popped up on Sam Hughes' qntm.org last
year, and has been making the rounds of the web again this week.


Why would you ever want to play Suicide Linux? Well, it's certainly not
practical, but it makes more sense as a game than as an actual operating
system. See how many days you can make it without erasing all your
files! Hell, I probably wouldn't even be able to survive Suicide Mac OS
X for more than a week (sometimes I flub my Quicksilver commands when
I'm tired, okay?!), so Suicide Linux sounds to me like a test invented
by an overdramatic movie villain. 

Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately), I couldn't find an actual download
of a Suicide Linux distro, but it seems like it wouldn't be that
difficult to create ... especially for someone who could use it.
 
Proud partner. Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
 
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