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minus-squarePabloSexcrowbar@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·5 days 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-up9·5 days agoAnd laptops have improved battery life so much that a mobile OS no longer offers any benefit
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days 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-squareJakeroxs@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoI don’t know if I’d go that far lmao
minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 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 don’t know if I’d go that far lmao
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.