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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 18 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Linux has you sudo all the time so that's not weird.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 26 points 4 days ago (2 children)

If you are using sudo all the time something has gone wrong

[–] DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 days ago

I just set my computer to auto-login as root when it boots up. I never have to use sudo!

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If you aren't trying new packages and distros are you even Linuxing?

[–] valter@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

As a Silverblue-based distro user, I don't need root to do any of that.

[–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

It might be roundabout weird because using Windows you expect any request performed by the user (except perhaps modifying system32) to be accepted without questioning.

Linux (with a few exceptions) gives the user the expectation that the reason they need sudo is that it is the safety glass confirmation around the potential self-destruct button (even if sometimes needed for mundane things)

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 days ago

Yeah not sure that one holds up. I'm happily on Linux now, but permissions are something that often creep up and I need to sudo often.