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   Carlos E.R. to Andreas Eder   
   =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_=E2=80=9CWhat_a_Linux_ro   
   22 Jan 26 13:08:31   
   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-01-22 11:24, Andreas Eder wrote:   
   > On Mi 21 Jan 2026 at 22:32, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2026-01-21 11:00, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >>> On 21/01/2026 08:14, Marc Haber wrote:   
   >>>> rbowman  wrote:   
   >>>>> Become root with 'sudo su -'   
   >>>>   
   >>>> See my posting from a minute ago and read up about sudo -i. And then   
   >>>> don't use it.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> I think it was OpenSUSE where if you were root   
   >>>>> the wallpaper turned bright red with round, black bombs with smoking   
   >>>>> fuses.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Don't ever ever start a desktop environment as root.   
   >>>>   
   >>> I cant imagine why I would ever want to...   
   >>   
   >> I can.   
   >>   
   >> For instance, when installing the computer and need to do many things   
   >> as root. Saves time.   
   >   
   > Just open a terminal window and change to root.   
      
   One? I'm talking about opening a dozen terminals as root. Plus using GUI   
   tools that have to be used as root. Like YaST, or gparted.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
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