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Run0, a systemd based alternative to sudo, announced

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466 points CoolCold | 1 comments | 29 Apr 24 23:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | 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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1. sfink ◴[01 May 24 16:34 UTC] No.40225604[source]▶
Yeah, that's the part that stuck out for me. "sudo is bad because it does all these things it shouldn't do instead of just the one thing it's for and nothing else. My tool is good because it does just the one thing it's for — plus this other random thing because I think it's cool."