Question Linux mint

[tashimee]

I know that when you delete a file from windows it changes the first letter of the filename, how does Linux do this?

 

[Grobe]

The specification are found in this document:

Trash Specification - Trash Specification v1.0

AI tip: If this text seems long and boring - in perplexity.ai (and probably other ai tools as well) you can fill in this search string to get a summary:

make short summary for https://specifications.freedesktop.org/trash-spec/1.0/

 

[Aeacus]

Software deletion is different from hardware deletion. So, while software shows the file to be gone, depending on if you use HDD or SSD, the data still can remain physically.

Found this topic that discusses ways to completely delete a file: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=408533

 

[tashimee]

Thank you for the answers, I was just curios.