Yeah agree, its a work provided laptop, they allowed local admin etc but require Windows (at least that is) so just glad they gave me a HP laptop with 500GB SSD and for me certain freedom to configure dual boot etc

Got chills down my spine initially but was a “good” scare … the one which makes me carefull next time before any real damage is done. 🙈👍

Strange thing is, instead of moving folders (which isnt possible without root anyway) it looked like some of them got copied instead. Compared some folders from /boot/grub with the dump in my homefolder and they were the same files (number and names etc).

I took a deep breath (was not being root, how bad could it be?) and rebooted. Luckily everything seemed fine.

Grub letting me choose between Debian and Win11 (its a laptop from my employer) and both booted if choosen. Thanks for all the advice.

If the actual command was this … mv /*/*/* ./ would moving stuff out of /boot or /dev folders make more sense?

Ah, keen eye, corrected the title and body text to match the screenshot. (From terminal history so I think thats what I actually ran)

Oh that worked, thnx!!

I only have a backup of my own personal files, not of the whole system. So my question about impact is about not having to do a fresh install.

Also I have dual boot and grub etc do scare me. 😁

I didnt work as root by the way …

Ouch … feel so stupid.

Ah, I was no root … that should lower the impact …

Yeah, I see, command wildcard asterix being markdown bold. Original command:

Boycot Digital Arms dealers … https://lemmy.ml/post/30486212

Wake me up when they get a drone droning drone drones …

Also the article doesnt have any critical question how BlueSky is a “mediated” network instead of decentralised …

Pay wall free https://archive.ph/FE9VM