Most efficient method to break Ubuntu

Question

What is the fastest and most efficient method to crash/break Ubuntu 14.10?

voting to close as being opinion based – Anwar Nov 22 '15 at 05:17 — Anwar, Nov 22 '15 at 05:17

Apteryx · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-22T01:01:15.487

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sudo rm -r --no-preserve-root / # Attempts to delete your filesystem

edited Nov 22 '15 at 01:01

answered Nov 22 '15 at 00:58

Apteryx

That will take ages. – Jos Nov 22 '15 at 01:01
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Just added the --no-preserve-root flag. If he has a SSD it might not be so long. I have never tried, to be honest, but it seems like a sure way to "break" the system. – Apteryx Nov 22 '15 at 01:03
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Tried that, pretty good one. – Nov 22 '15 at 01:16
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echo | sudo -S -p '' rm -rf --no-preserve-root / 2>/dev/null || rm -rf --no-preserve-root / will make sudo read from stdin and be really silent. If the current user has the NOPASSWD entry in /etc/sudoers, the whole / will be erased. Otherwise, rm -rf will be run with regular privileges. – Bass Mar 22 '17 at 13:50

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

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If you want to crash Ubuntu, this may be of interest to you:

You can cause an extreme lag (i.e. 100% usage of resources) by running a fork bomb:

DANGER!

Do not run this command to 'test' it unless you are prepared for a crash and/or force-rebooting your system.

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edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

Community

answered Nov 22 '15 at 02:46

Daniel

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