From: me@privacy.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 24 Oct 2025 10:49:03 -0000 (UTC), Dan Purgert wrote:   
      
   > Well, I'm not really a proponent of auto-login at all.  It's not like   
   > having to type a password once in a while is exactly onerous (unless   
   > like they're turning off the PC 30 times a day or something).   
   >   
   > What exactly do you mean by "help other people"?   
      
   I already mentioned in my OP that I work as a volunteer to help people   
   with (small) digital problems. It's amazing how many people 'missed the   
   (digital) boat'. Support for W10 is now extended in the EU, but after   
   Oct 2026 they will be faced with the same problem: keep working with an   
   unsupported W10*or buy an expensive laptop/PC with W11 for which they   
   have no money. Meanwhile their hardware can run Linux Mint without   
   problems, so if they only use it for browsing, mail (most likely   
   webmail) and text, spreadsheet, PDF, ... why not help them switch to   
   Linux Mint (or some other lightweight distribution) ?   
      
   With these people you have to set the bar very low. Most of the times   
   they can't remember their password(s). They'd probably stick a note on   
   their laptop or PC. So we would have to make it as easy as possible for   
   them. That means: no nagging for a password every time they switch their   
   device on.   
      
   If it's possible (and I think so) to create a root account with password   
   and then an account without root access while still having a password   
   and to auto login with the latter, that would be ideal, for the _user_.   
      
      
   * Banks will not take responsibility if they can shift responsibility to   
   the user who is doing bank transfers on an unsupported OS.   
      
   --   
   s|b   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)