Re: Pls help fixing /boot/efi and GRUB
On 2025-03-26, Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> wrote:
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> I assumed it was effectively the same as power down and then logging in
> as root on power-up.
It is. But it's unnecessary and dangerous to run your entire DE as root.
Or maybe you log in to the console and use startx to run Mate?
At any rate, I do follow the rule of those in the know here and su to
root in an xterm when I require root privileges for a task. I've never
found or understood the need to proceed otherwise.
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