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  • Lt Raspi 4 3 4 32 bit, how do I give root permission to run GUI app

    From Vincent Coen@2:250/1 to Jan Panteltje on Fri Jun 24 14:56:56 2022
    Hello Jan!

    Friday June 24 2022 14:17, druck wrote to you:

    On 21/06/2022 13:43, Jan Panteltje wrote:
    I do notice Chromium is much faster as root
    I am always root, I am the sys adm so to speak ;-)

    I think someone has already called you an idiot, I'd like to second
    that, just in case anyone should read than and not realise what a fundamentally stupid thing it is to do.


    Usage of root or for that matter su or sudo other than for special purposes (i.e., not often) is NOT recommended as it allow you to make serious mistake with the system including but not limited to deleting the entire system very easily.

    You should only be using your user name for all general purposes and only do sudo if you need to run a system function that usually insists of running as root.

    No application should be working quicker as root over your normal user account and if it is you need to check system settings for it and if needed uninstall it and then re-install and see if that makes a difference.

    Personally I would not trust Chromium an inch as a normal user but would never trust it as root.

    The same applies to chrome - even less so.

    Linux is, a secure system providing it is used correctly.

    Same applies to Windows, you would never work in windows as administrator other
    than for installing software that you "know" where it comes from and even then run anti virus tool/s against the installer first.

    Also, despite what some like to think, running 32 bit O/S on a 64bit system reduces speed but that does depend on exactly the application and for many it would not be noticeable unless doing lots of calculations but that is not the only instance.

    The biggest reason for slow processing is :
    1. Using a SD card as your storage.
    2. Using a HDD connected to the USB 2 port.
    3. Same as 2, but using a USB 3 port including using a SSD.
    4. Using a slow SSD say for a Pi 4 on a M.2 connection where you could have a faster SSD and a better M.2 type interface.

    Above allowing for the fact that a Pi 4 is not that fast to start with but better than older one's.

    Remember the old saying, if you pay peanuts you must expect to get monkey's, the same applies to computers.


    Vincent

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