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Jack Wallen on Working as Root and Replacing Windows With GNU/Linux
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ZDNet ☛ Logging in as root on Linux? Here's why that disaster waiting to happen
Anytime I needed to install a piece of software, change a config file in /etc, start or stop a service, or upgrade the OS -- any action that required heightened (admin) privileges -- I used the root account.
Whenever I needed to access those heightened permissions, I would do one of two things: use the su command to switch to the root user, or log in to the desktop as the root user. Either way, I had to know the root password to do so.
What I didn't know at the time was how wrong it was to do so.
But then again, back in those days, we didn't have sudo.
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ZDNet ☛ I turned this Windows mini PC into a Linux workstation and don't regret it - here's how
If AI is your thing (especially local AI), then you know: a lot of power is required. I've used local AI (by way of Ollama) on my System76 Thelio and found it to be adequate. So, when I received the small form factor, Minix Elite ER937-AI PC, I thought there was no way it could compete with my desktop machine.
Boy, was I wrong. This tiny computer packs a wallop and can handle nearly every task you throw at it (within reason). Of course, you're not going to be mining big data or rendering full-length movies with this machine, but as for AI and other tasks, the ER937-AI has all the horsepower you need.