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minus-squarePabloSexcrowbar@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoMan, 10 years ago I would have been kinda interested in this. But now? Yeah no, give me root or give me death.
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoAnd laptops have improved battery life so much that a mobile OS no longer offers any benefit
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month ago a mobile OS no longer offers any benefit I can see a benefit to offering older relatives an OS they’re already familiar with that would be difficult for them to accidently FUBAR
minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·30 days agoI’ve noticed recently more and more software is blocking running as root. I get it, security blah blah. But if I want to, I should be able to.
Man, 10 years ago I would have been kinda interested in this. But now? Yeah no, give me root or give me death.
And laptops have improved battery life so much that a mobile OS no longer offers any benefit
I can see a benefit to offering older relatives an OS they’re already familiar with that would be difficult for them to accidently FUBAR
I’ve noticed recently more and more software is blocking running as root.
I get it, security blah blah. But if I want to, I should be able to.