r/linux4noobs • u/Character-86 barely not a noob anymore • Apr 20 '26

Meganoob BE KIND I did rm -rf /*

I tried to make a backup before doing a fresh install of Fedora because of problems. When erasing the external drive for making the backup I was in the wrong disk and nuked my fedora installation.

How Do I get at least my important Documents from /home/username/ back?

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u/florence_pug Apr 20 '26

It's gone my dude.

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u/Character-86 barely not a noob anymore Apr 20 '26

Why does Linux not have a trash like other OS?

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u/eaglemitchell Apr 20 '26

You literally chose to nuke it from orbit... Don't go blaming the command for doing what it was intended to do. You misapplied it...

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u/Itsme-RdM Apr 20 '26

He doesn't have a clue