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RE: User account or root
If you don't like restrictions, just leave root without a password. If you run most tools like Software Manager, it'll spot the lack of a root password and will give you root privileges by default when you launch it. And if you're in a command prompt, a quick "su" will switch you to root with no hassle. That's what I do, and a normal account is really not a hindrance to use at all.

As you say, not secure at all, but this is a single user machine that's used at home and is otherwise pretty isolated.
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User account or root - by bjames - 09-01-2018, 01:21 AM
RE: User account or root - by commodorejohn - 09-01-2018, 02:42 AM
RE: User account or root - by BrainStorm - 09-01-2018, 03:18 AM
RE: User account or root - by Irinikus - 09-01-2018, 03:32 AM
RE: User account or root - by TruHobbyist - 09-01-2018, 06:29 AM
RE: User account or root - by gijoe77 - 09-01-2018, 07:01 AM
RE: User account or root - by Trippynet - 09-01-2018, 11:28 AM
RE: User account or root - by uunix - 09-01-2018, 11:35 AM
RE: User account or root - by kikems - 09-01-2018, 05:23 PM
RE: User account or root - by bjames - 09-01-2018, 07:21 PM
RE: User account or root - by Trippynet - 09-01-2018, 07:55 PM

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