Re: Distros specifically designed for children

On 2025-05-24, Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> wrote:

Le 24-05-2025, Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com> a écrit :

On 2025-05-21, CtrlAltDel <Altie@BHam.com> wrote:

On Wed, 21 May 2025 13:47:52 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
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But many including PCLinuxOS which I use are able to have a full
root

account not easily accessed and services available to users are easily
set with a GUI.
 
bliss- Dell 7730 Precision- PCLinuxOS 2025.05- Linux 6.6.91- Plasma
5.27.11

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Ubuntu is bizarre.  Just go to their help site and search for topics like
run as root, create root, or admin access, etc... and in instance after
instance after instance the only responses you will see are admonishments
about using root.
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Why do you need to use root?  Only experts are allowed to do that.  If you
have to ask why Ubuntu doesn't allow root accounts, you aren't smart
enough to use it as root. Anyone without a college degree related to
computer engineering, in some fashion, doesn't have the intelligence
needed to operate Ubuntu as an admin. 
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I just assumed the distro was created for children who are just learning
to use Linux. 

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Canonical basically treat their users the way Microsoft does, perhaps
even worse.  I never recommend Ubuntu to anyone for that reason, in
fact, I tell anyone interested in Linux to *avoid* it.

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I'm not convinced by your explanation. For a new Linux user, Ubuntu is a
good way to start. First, as Ubuntu installs a lot of things, a new user
will have everything ready to start without the need to look for
solution each time he want to do something. Second, as Ubuntu is well
spread, if a new user has an issue, the chances someone else get it
first is important, so it will be easier to solve.
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You can be against Ubuntu because of snaps, but it's not the reason you
are against it.
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The whole point of Free Software, is you, the user, get to choose what
to do, how to do it.  Its your computer, your software, and if you want
to run everything as root, you can.

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So what? Ubuntu doesn't stop you to do that. Even if it's stupid, you
can do it.
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I didn't say Ubuntu stops you from doing that.  My point was if you
don't like a particular distro, or their philosophy, you can move away.