xfce4-panel & memory cunsumption

James Tappin james at tappin.me.uk
Mon Sep 25 21:38:49 CEST 2006


JK> On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 08:49 +0530, Biju Chacko wrote:
JK>
JK> > Actually, doing it this way may miss several important settings. I'd
JK> > suggest:
JK> >
JK> > $ su -
JK> >
JK> > then
JK> >
JK> > # rm -rf /
JK> >
JK> > The added bonus is that this is a fairly effective way of removing all
JK> > bugs and security holes from your system (not to mention all data).

My recollection is that this isn't actually as effective as it might seem! I 
did once do it (on a box that was about to be completely reformatted or 
dumped -- I forget which) and it fell over while deleting /bin, because it 
had cut the ground from under its own feet.

James

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