Post #2397417
2026-02-01 12:20 UTC
@lautreg@pouet.chapril.org @spacehobo@teh.entar.net @pafurijaz@mastodon.social
A desktop environment depends on sudo? So it doesn't work for regular/unprivileged users?
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@spacehobo@teh.entar.net 2026-02-01 12:22
@leeloo@chaosfem.tw @lautreg@pouet.chapril.org @pafurijaz@mastodon.social Often there are graphical systems for presenting the escalation of privilege (One had one of those "*kit" names...policykit, was it?). So when your computer presents a notification and graphical interface saying "There are important software updates for your system.", it gives you an interface to enter your credentials and allow this. These desktop systems presumably assume `sudo` under the hood.