laughs in Linux…
Comment on Every time i have to use windows again my IQ slips a point or two
DarienGS@lemmy.world 11 months ago
What’s wrong with this? Every OS has permissions that stop users from breezily deleting system files.
vojel@feddit.de 11 months ago
fushuan@lemm.ee 11 months ago
laughs because it has the same level of protection as other OSs and thus is quite secure in that regard, right?
vojel@feddit.de 11 months ago
Laughs in Linux because if I really want to mess things up it wont stop me unless I am not root. Administrator on Winshit means nothing at all, no control over your system.
fushuan@lemm.ee 11 months ago
You do realize that in this very post they explain that if you mount an old linux drive with another user, you can’t delete stuff either until you remove the flags or change the owner of the old drives’ files?
You can do the same in windows, too.
They are not trying to access their own Windows folder, but that of an old drive.
LoafyLemon@kbin.social 11 months ago
This seems to be an external drive, not the boot drive.
stappern@lemmy.one 11 months ago
this is not the system folder, different drive, old windows install
lemmyvore@feddit.nl 11 months ago
If you try to access an old Linux install you could run into the exact same problem. Both Linux and Windows nowadays use filesystems with permissions embedded into them, so if the user on the new install doesn’t match the old one you’ll have a problem.
stappern@lemmy.one 11 months ago
but i just tried i can delete system folders from a different linux drive with no problems
redcalcium@lemmy.institute 11 months ago
Certainly not without using sudo right? It’s the same in the windows land, the UAC dialog is windows’ equivalent of sudo.
NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 11 months ago
chmod -R 777 ./, baby!!!
Carighan@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Well then change the owner and toss the old folders. Or just format it?
stappern@lemmy.one 11 months ago
i just deleted what i needed with another os, i didnt want to format it i needed some space and wanted to keep some folders
Aasikki@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Why wouldn’t you just format the drive if it had an old windows install?
stappern@lemmy.one 11 months ago
wanted to keep some folders
Confused_Emus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Back up the folders and format the disk. If you’re deleting system files and folders, you’re clearly not running the OS from this other disk. Why waste the space on unneeded system files?