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[-] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

We used to do that a lot, in the 90s and early 2000s. We determined that that's not a good idea. People even ran DEs under root.

[-] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 1 points 6 months ago

I'm not saying to run everything as root but most of the reasons given for sudo are bull. This blog post makes a good job of debunking them.

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