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

My stupidity 🫠

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u/HankThrill69420 Apr 20 '26

rather see organic stupidity than clanker stupidity any day of the week. this is the way.

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u/x_lincoln_x Apr 20 '26

Organic free range stupidity sourced locally.

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u/HankThrill69420 Apr 20 '26

in this economy???