Linux can and has destroyed hardware
In A UEFI World, "rm -rf /" Can Brick Your System
This New Linux Kernel Update Can Damage Your Laptop Display
There was also a particular optical drive that would brick if installing from a particular I believe Red Hat Linux installation cd, though I can't find a source for this (personal experience with 2 drives - warning was in manual). -This was ~20 years ago.
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I mean, right in one of those articles it says that Windows also can destroy your UEFI
Right, Windows lives rent free in your head. haha
When was it ever recommended?
There's absolutely no reason to do this, ever.
Linux Almost KILLED MY SSD...(youtube)