• zwekihoyy@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    one of the reasons I use nix package manager is because it doesn't require root. it has separate build users and a daemon responsible for privileged file management. I also have a separate user with access if I absolutely need it, or I can log in with a live session and chroot into my system.

    if you need root for a general purpose application then it's badly designed