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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).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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I F*cked up and I need help. (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey guys. I'm new to Linux and I'm running Linux Mint 21.2 Cinnamon. Yesterday I have f*cked up. I was testing things in users and geve myself standart priveledges insted of Admin ones I had from beggining and then restarted PC. I then tried log back into users tab and change myself back to Admin but even tho the password is correct It says that it is not. /So at this point there is only one user in PC who has standart privliedges and no Admin./ I then tried to access root via terminal and this time It said that I don't have permision to do that. And this is where I'm at right now. Please help get back my admin privliedges.

Edit: Issue is fixed. I started GRUB and changed my password which fixed the whole issue. Once again big Thank you to everyone who gave me tips and also big thank you to the guy who started posting about rowing machines. You all wonderful.

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

Not exactly true on Windows. BitLocker is enabled by default when signing in with an MS account, which is what I’ve done for nearly a decade and I think is the cause of my confusion. I’m just use to encryption being enabled by default and not having to think about it.

[–] Nibodhika 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I have NEVER seen personal windows with encryption, I have dual booted and retrieved data from windows computers for everyone else since forever and have never ever seen an encrypted drive. I'm sure some people do encrypt theirs but it's definitely not on by default, same as on Linux where it's one click during the installation that most people don't click.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It’s enabled by default when you login to windows with a Microsoft account, which they very rudely push on you and make it very difficult to login with a regular local account.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not as far as I know. I've logged in with MS accounts on Windows and still been able to read the disks. Ok Windows 10 and above last one I used was 8.

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

@Nibodhika
@timespace
Personally if I don't feel any of the files on it contain a security risk I don't bother, makes my life easier in the future if I have hardware problems and need to use the same SSD on a separate motherboard or something