Thread: Beware of some applications available on this forum can seriously damage the os.
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2010-05-16 , 08:02
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#27
Originally Posted by abill_uk View Post
Originally Posted by Kilian View Post
apt-get --purge remove package_name
That is not a complete way to un-install any package as it will not fix anything written to the os as the damage is already done.
The average N900 phone user isn't likely to go overboard experimenting with stuff from the forums or anything marked testing or experimental. If they do, they can probably figure out where to look for help as well.

Anyways, installing stuff beyond "factory-tested" always comes with some level of risk (functionality, privacy, puff of smoke etc. ...). This kind of indiscriminate warning against installing apps however is slightly silly.

Maybe that's one reason why the Meego project (the next version of OS) is planning to adopt the new but fast-developing BTRFS filesystem, which, among other things, saves storage space and <drumroll> allows the user to "roll back" earlier states of the file system, all the way back to factory settings.

"Accidentally" deleted your addressbook or half of the OS? No probs, restart the device, select the restore option, then the desired rolled-back date in the menus and it's like nothing ever happened...