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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Accidentally typed 'sl' instead of 'ls'? Install this and get a steam locomotive to run across your terminal. (github.com)

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or be boring and alias sl=ls

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

The point is to make you slow down. Going fast and breaking things worse is not good during an incident.

If you typed sl and actually pressed enter before confirming what you typed, you deserve what you got

[–] corsicanguppy 0 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

A smashed keyboard? How will provoking a hulk incident fix anything?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 21 hours ago

If your reaction to someone telling you to slow down because you're being reckless by not confirming what you type on the CLI before pressing enter is to smash your keyboard, you should be fired

And in that case, sl has done its job of removing reckless people from dangerously powerful positions