What is the Linux equivalent to this?

>>105910707 (OP)
keep /home
or
sudo rm -rf --no-preserve-root /*

you already made this thread multiple times

iso on a usb with separate /home partition.

>>105910738
and there were zero relevant answers, just one mental breakdown after another

>>105910767
That's because you are retarded, go back to your daddy bill for another session of corporate drilling.

rescue USB. some distros' installers can function as one

>>105910707 (OP)
>Expecting the average simpleton to know how big to make his /home partition.
>”buuuut muh LVM”
>Expecting the average simpleton to know a bunch of LVM commands.
If Desktop linux were a serious platform, this could be quite a problem, but fortunately most desktop linux users don’t really create any work files they need to retain between distro hops and reinstalls (after they fuck up their package manager)

>>105910982
For >>105910758

>>105910905
case in point:

>>105910707 (OP)
https://linux.die.net/man/1/shred

>>105910982
>but fortunately most desktop linux users don’t really create any work files they need to retain between distro hops and reinstalls (after they fuck up their package manager)
pretty much this
when you install a new distro once a week you dont actually need that feature

>>105910982
how the hell can you fuck up a package manager?

Immutable Distros.

>>105912696
Mix packages from stable and unstable branches, throw in some manual libraries, update and just have an absolute mess on your hands.

>>105912732
>attach repositories without sense
oh, so its a retard problem

>>105912750
It's quite common. Typically the user is enticed to do so to get some specific version they want, and they copy paste a script to add some testing or unstable repo, and then they wonder why it all breaks during the next update.

>>105910707 (OP)
What does this option even do?
Like on phones it is obvious, they have "immutable" systems and can wipe the whole rest... but what does Windows do?
What if i put something into C:\\Windows, will it still survive?

Or does it do a complete wipe with full reinstall?

>>105912677
>when you install a new distro once a week
nobody does that
>>105912795
>It's quite common
no it isn't
>>105910982
>>Expecting the average simpleton to know how big to make his /home partition.
you can copy /home even when it isn't on its own partition, also btrfs subvolumes exist, a technology that didn't reach windows or mac yet

Is anyone going to answer OP's question? My best guess is that Linux doesn't need this because stupid bullshit is never even gonna break your computer anyway.

>>105912732
>mix packages from stable and unstable branches
and this wouldn't even a problem, you can remove the other branch and do an update

>>105913261
yes, when you answer this one: >>105913237

First you have to say what the option even does.
If it "removes everything", like it says, then you can literally just plop in any install media and reinstall. It would be an equivalent.

>>105913261
>Remove everything
Linux equivalent:
Enter install media and click install -> "This will wipe blablabla" -> Yes
>Keep my files
Linux quivalent:
Ctrl+C
Ctrl+V

The ability to copy files, without having your system cuck you because of "system files" and other random bullshit, is new to the corporate bootlicker.

>>105910707 (OP)
I don't need that shit because i'm not a retard and my systems configurations don't break. Yes, even on windows.

>>105913331
>The ability to copy files, without having your system cuck you because of "system files"
never happened

>>105910707 (OP)
mkfs.ext4 -F /dev/sdX

>>105910707 (OP)
literally mash the delete key after you press the power button

>>105910707 (OP)
Equivalent to what?
>removes apps but keeps personal files
What will happen to portable programs? What files are personal? C:/users or d:/games too, for example?
>settings
What settings? The ones set with or without admin rights? What if I changed something in registry, disabled autostart of services and changed partitions? What will happen to these settings?

>>105913420
>What will happen to portable programs? What files are personal? C:/users or d:/games too, for example?
>What settings? The ones set with or without admin rights? What if I changed something in registry, disabled autostart of services and changed partitions? What will happen to these settings?
corporate bootlickers really love their obscure buttons, with no description, that nobody knows what they even do