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Is there a way to remove having to enter my password for everything?
Wake computer from Screensaver? Password.
Install something? Password.
Updates (biggest one. Updates should in my opinion just work without, because being up to date is important for security reasons)? Password.
I understand sudo needs a password,but all the other stuff I just want off. The frequency is rediculous. I don't ever leave my house with my computer, and I don't want to enter a password for my wife everytime she wants to use it.
These are all valid reasons to request a password 🤔
Check your screen saver settings. Dunno which desktop environment you're using. KDE should allow you to not enter a password for this.
Installing stuff runs
sudoin the background hence the password prompt. Updates = installing stuff. Look up "passwordless sudo". At this point, when do you even want a password to be shown? If you don't need a password, get rid of it entirely.Anti Commercial AI thingy
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Do you still do this by just pressing enter when you change your password? (i.e. entering no password as your password)
Yep, using an empty password should work. They keyring will also need an empty password.
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