BigTrout75

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Is it actually dangerous to run Firefox as root?

I have a few Linux servers at home that I regularly remote into in order to manage, usually logged into KDE Plasma as root. Usually they just have several command line windows and a file manager open (I personally just find it more convenient to use the command line from a remote desktop instead of directly SSH-ing into the...

BigTrout75,

This is like removing a safety feature in your car. Like removing seatbelts or maybe anti-lock brakes.

BigTrout75,

Nope. I have to know how fix everyone else’s computer.

BigTrout75,

In the command line you “Taskkill” a process too

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