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#11
Originally Posted by ossipena View Post
rm -rf /
<3
I wonder how many people be tricked into doing this? Just imagine your average non-techie iphone user getting their N900 and hearing about the awesom root and the incredible benefits the almighty rm -rf / would bring.

Noob: "My phone is cluttered with stuff, how do I clean it up?"
evil geek: "easy! xterm! Sudo gainroot followed by rm -rf /"

Fun times to be had!

EDIT: Less offensive towards iphone users
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#12
Originally Posted by Andre Klapper View Post
Uargh. Please do not create empty "This site is under construction" pages. This is the internet of the 90es that I definitely don't want back.
Create a page if you already have content.
well its basic chicken and egg problem. nobody contributes if it doesnt exist and it cant exist if there is no content.
 
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#13
Originally Posted by mece View Post
<3
I wonder how many people be tricked into doing this? Just imagine your average non-techie iphone user getting their N900 and hearing about the awesom root and the incredible benefits the almighty rm -rf / would bring.

Noob: "My phone is cluttered with stuff, how do I clean it up?"
evil geek: "easy! xterm! Sudo gainroot followed by rm -rf /"

Fun times to be had!

EDIT: Less offensive towards iphone users
http://wiki.maemo.org/General_precautions

Originally Posted by wiki
The Don'ts -- what to avoid

Xterm:
Gaining root address
Copy-pasting commands from internet to command line
 
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