Uninstalling Steam for Linux Can rm -rf Your /home Folder`

Posted by thesilviu on Jan 18, 2015 11:10 PM EDT
Softpedia; By Silviu Stahie
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Users have found out that Steam for Linux is capable of deleting the entire home directory under certain circumstances, which would present a major problem for users.

It's already a known fact that Steam for Linux is capable of losing the installed games if the right conditions are met, and this is not even something specific to the Linux platform. Now, a user has found out, the hard way, that the Steam for Linux client is also able to delete the Home directory or at least all the user-owned files in that folder.

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All the technical details aren't here Jeff91 6 942 Jan 19, 2015 10:19 AM

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