From: tnp@invalid.invalid

On 22/01/2026 10:24, 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.
>
Indeed. Or set up a root terminal window as a preconfigured option. I
used to do that but lately Linux has been so stable it's barely
necessary to change anything root-ish


> 'Andreas
>

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