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Run0, a systemd based alternative to sudo, announced

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466 points CoolCold | 4 comments | 29 Apr 24 23:59 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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fn-mote ◴[30 Apr 24 16:01 UTC] No.40212557[source]▶
Overall, this seems great.

However...

> [...] by default it will tint your terminal background in a reddish tone while you are operating with elevated privileges

?!! ouch ... seems orthogonal to the actual important parts.

Disclaimer: I didn't try it.

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bityard ◴[30 Apr 24 20:08 UTC] No.40215695[source]▶
This is a perfect example of a choice that a developer makes to suit his/her personal preference and environment, believing that everyone does (or should) use their computer the same way. Which is sadly becoming a more common trend.

I like the idea, but I don't think it should be on by default. The rest of us have just used root-specific shell prompts for the last few decades or so.

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TZubiri ◴[30 Apr 24 20:40 UTC] No.40216070[source]▶
It's fine.

Not every software needs to be infinitely configurable and open source just in case the configurations don't cover the needs of all.

We need opinionated software, if you don't want to make any choice for me, you can't even give me an assembly editor for fear of forcing your CPU arch of choice.

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shrimp_emoji ◴[30 Apr 24 22:39 UTC] No.40217307[source]▶
Counterpoint: GNOME and the modern GTK framework

(I needn't say more.)

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1. metalspoon ◴[01 May 24 00:29 UTC] No.40218152[source]▶
Yes. I prefer having tools that do one thing well. That's the point of unix. How the user uses them should be up to her.

GNOME offering a monolithic environment with heavy opinionation is the opposite.

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2. flexagoon ◴[01 May 24 14:27 UTC] No.40223738[source]▶
How is GNOME a "monolithic environment"? The entire GNOME ecosystem is basically small apps that do a single thing well:

https://apps.gnome.org/

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3. kasabali ◴[04 May 24 08:16 UTC] No.40255888[source]▶
So is X11, by that logic

https://cyber.dabamos.de/unix/x11/

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4. flexagoon ◴[13 May 24 09:30 UTC] No.40341279{3}[source]▶
That page literally just lists all sorts of random apps that work under X11, so yeah? Of course it's not a single monolithic system.