• atropa@piefed.social
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    17 hours ago

    Casual here ,

    It is a process that copies and splits itself until all the computer’s processing power is used up, causing it to crash.

    Test it at your own risk

    Usually, you can restart without problems afterwards .

    I did this 10 years ago on a Mint computer.

    This is the fun part of your journey with Linux , you are the boss of your computer.

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      17 hours ago

      Sounds awful. Since I switched to Mint my computer has only crashed when I got out of hand with Blender, I can’t see myself doing it on purpose.

      • ozymandias@sh.itjust.works
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        17 hours ago

        People do it as a stress test of their system. A goodly OS should be able to stop it before it crashes the system, otherwise it won’t cause much damage (depends on what else you’re doing when it crashes)

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        17 hours ago

        It was a nice experience, part of the learning process, discover your limits and go beyond them, everything at your own pace.

        Make sure you always have multiple external backups, check them for errors as well.

        Currently I am reading up on off grid communication mechcore and reticulum

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          12 hours ago

          All my computer is for is drawing pictures, making noise and occasionally doing internet stuff that’s too obnoxious to do from my phone. I don’t game or code or torrent. Really mostly just Blender and PrusaSlicer.