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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Do I really have to use secure erase (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 2 days ago by JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I am giving away a shitty 128GB SSD, which was used with LUKS 2 for most of it's lifetime. As far as I know, it's good practice to secure-erase it, but I'm too lazy to reinstall the OS on it (I already did it once). Is it really needed?

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[–] JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wait, HDDs retain data after deletion? I thought only SSDs did that.

[–] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago

nope its just how the file system works, same on hdd. in fact recovery programs like testdisk/recuva usually work better on hdds because ssds have trim and garbage collection running periodically