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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm still on the hunt for a desktop Linux distro that has no security features or passwords. My usage for this may not be common but it can't be rare enough that there are zero options

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ubuntu, no encryption, select boot to desktop by default when the system installs.

Like, really?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Still smashing in passwords left and right

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ah so you want the windows 98 experience, root access by default all the time without passwords or extra prompts.

Maybe setting auto login and sudo without password can be almost enough? https://askubuntu.com/questions/147241/execute-sudo-without-password

I agree that there should be an easy setting to at least allow updates without password. I installed Manjaro for my mom, after a while she complained "there are updates every day and I need to input the password too many times"