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bluespin,

hey, one of the greatest shows ever made

bluespin,

I recently switched from Joplin to Obsidian for different reasons. I’d prefer something FOSS, but so far I’ve been happy with the transition. Since it works with plain markdown files, it would fit your use case

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...

bluespin,

Are you asking why it’s more secure to surface a few commands without password rather than all of them…?

bluespin,

None of us can tell you the right approach for your specific system and use-case. People are simply pointing out that what you stated you’re doing is insecure and not recommended

bluespin,

You seem to be looking at the issue in black and white. Any reduction in root access is beneficial. Using sudo with password cache lasting an hour is still preferable to signing in as root. As many people have said, it’s about minimizing attack surface

bluespin,

Running fewer commands as root is more significant risk reduction than having an extra user. I won’t be replying further since I’m simply repeating what others have already said. If you sincerely don’t understand, I suggest doing additional research on your own.

bluespin,

Without knowing what you were banned for, I have no idea if the same will happen on lemmy.world or not. I will say that lemmy, by design, has space for everyone. If an instance doesn’t align with the kind of content you like to post, leave and find one that does

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