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[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

except that the "delete" in file managers is actually "trash" and that's for precisely this reason. Anyone not using the trash bin for a GUI that is capable of deleting files is either incompetent or malicious.

frankly rm should default to using the trash bin as well, for desktop-focused distros.