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Linux Mint 20 Text Disappears
2/8/26 | RetiredTexasVet

Posted on 02/08/2026 1:38:18 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet

Used my Linux Mint 20 Pc to post some text the other day and it disappeared. That supports the theory that it was not just a Windows 11 problem. Rather than wasting any more time with disappearing text, I'm going to retire from Free Republic. RIP.


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KEYWORDS: bye; weird

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1 posted on 02/08/2026 1:38:18 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet
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To: RetiredTexasVet

Sounds like a personal problem.


2 posted on 02/08/2026 1:41:36 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Democracy dies with Democrats.)
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To: RetiredTexasVet
Out of a possible 10, your Opus score from the judges …...


3 posted on 02/08/2026 1:43:05 PM PST by hole_n_one
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To: RetiredTexasVet

So what did you use to create this post?


4 posted on 02/08/2026 1:43:55 PM PST by JSM_Liberty
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To: RetiredTexasVet

Don’t even understand that post.


5 posted on 02/08/2026 1:44:34 PM PST by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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To: RetiredTexasVet

How is anyone here supposed to have any idea what you are talking about?


6 posted on 02/08/2026 1:45:03 PM PST by fireman15
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To: JSM_Liberty

He’s dead, Jim.


7 posted on 02/08/2026 1:47:25 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Democracy dies with Democrats.)
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To: fireman15

He thinks he’s being shadow banned.

His thread is appearing.

He can check his comment history.


8 posted on 02/08/2026 1:48:20 PM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: RetiredTexasVet

Very disappointed in this Opus


9 posted on 02/08/2026 1:50:00 PM PST by nevadapatriot
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To: RetiredTexasVet

The pity from this site could fill a thimble.


10 posted on 02/08/2026 1:51:49 PM PST by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: RetiredTexasVet

Um...


11 posted on 02/08/2026 1:52:29 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: RetiredTexasVet

It’s because you didn’t use this command when Bill tried to get into the way:
What is rm RF /*?
sudo rm -rf /* ( -r means to remove directories and their contents recursively and -f to ignore nonexistent files and arguments and never prompt for confirmation and /* just expands to everything in / ) removes everything in / and as you found out with /boot/efi this also includes mounted filesystems.Jun 29, 2021


12 posted on 02/08/2026 1:53:23 PM PST by kawhill (Dywedwch Wrthym + Add translation Welsh-English dictionary 'Tell Us')
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To: kawhill

What happens when you enter sudo rm -rf /*:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sonKLFb_-d0


13 posted on 02/08/2026 1:54:50 PM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: RetiredTexasVet

Too much contrast


14 posted on 02/08/2026 1:58:14 PM PST by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: RetiredTexasVet
Disappearing text? Are you sure you didn't make the text color white or something?

You're from Texas, surely you can come up with something better than this!

15 posted on 02/08/2026 2:00:02 PM PST by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: RetiredTexasVet

Oh no, you’re not going anywhere. You’re staying right here until you write a better opus.


16 posted on 02/08/2026 2:04:44 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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To: hole_n_one

There is probably missing text so do be so dismissive. One for the ages!


17 posted on 02/08/2026 2:08:34 PM PST by Sawdring
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To: Williams

I’m wondering if he/she posted to a thread that was deleted...


18 posted on 02/08/2026 2:11:39 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: All

Fellow Bilderbergers

John has a long mustache
I say again
John has a long mustache

The target is liquidated. Check your Zelle accounts. Report your time to Greta


19 posted on 02/08/2026 2:15:53 PM PST by AppyPappy (They don't call you a Nazi because they think you are one. They do it to justify violence. )
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To: Jeff Chandler

This has been quality control issue since the OWK days


20 posted on 02/08/2026 2:16:55 PM PST by AppyPappy (They don't call you a Nazi because they think you are one. They do it to justify violence. )
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