Question: What is Linux misinformation?

It is against the rules but but what is it exactly?

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Spreading Linux misinformation is saying things about Linux that aren't true.
Examples:
These can be jokes or trolling like “You can save space by removing the system's pre-installed French language pack by running sudo rm -fr /” (disclaimer don't do this!)
Or misconceptions, such as “You probably don't have a virus even if you suspect it, due to Linux's nature viruses aren't possible” (you absolutely can)
- "Arch is stable"
- That's genius. Absolutely evil, but genius.
  
  All it's been doing for at least the past 15 years is throw an error message. Because there really isn't any reason you'd want to do that on purpose.
  
  To the disappointment of evil prankers everywhere. Reminds me of "format c:"
- I have seen that code block so many times, but never with the options switch around so it stands for french 😂 Thankfully in most cases these days you need to add --no-preserve-root for this command to run.
  
  but never with the options switch around
  Life pro tip: always put the force flag first on any command line you write (that has such a flag), to ensure that it's the first thing seen by everyone (including your future self) reading that command line.
  
  I don't think these things are universal across software, but you can often put -f on its own, separate from other flags, or get in the habit of using the long --force flag.
  
  As far as I've seen, single letter flags like -f can always be used by themselves, like -f -r
  It's actually not universal that they can be put together like -fr
  
  I don't think these things are universal across software,
  They are not.
  
  In scripts or documents I try to use the long form of commands.

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