Generally that is not a concern because regular users won't be able to rm anything else other than those in his own $HOME.
Another thing I want to say is, command line is for careful users. If someone is careless, they should create a wrapper around rm, or just use a FM.
I ran it and followed a documentation to install Void Linux and now it runs so much smoother!
I come from a MCU background and feel the same way. Linux kernel is for consumer level stuff. For serious machinery, I choose a real-time OS like FreeaRTOS. Less code, and more low level code makes it easier to review, maintain, and have less chance to break.
crontab -e, right? 🤭
If a noob follows this command without checking, they deserve such a lesson.
Just saying.
Customising the kernel just means something works properly in rare hardware configurations like you described. It's something which he who uses the general hardware (like an X86 desktop) can't easily see or understand because the 'stock' kernel is already working properly.
I honestly don't know why you were downvoted so much. You could have get very different responses in a different forum.
I'll give you one reason for using Gentoo: option of no systemd.
Gentoo is one of the few distros which still offer a systemdless setup given its nature of high configurability. You can tell the system-wide config file to exclude systemd support in every package it attemps to compile.
I hope you or anyone who just enjoys their linux machine running fine and happily, now be able to see what freedom can mean in the open source universe. Cheers.
I might be selfish for saying so, but if anyone set up their mind to run anything on a 32-bit system after 2038, they must care enough to compile themselves, right? Any binaries compiled today will be EOL by then.