On Fri, Jun 5, 2020, 16:55 Default User <hunguponcont...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, all. > > As an experiment, I just installed Debian 10.4 Stable on a spare drive, > and installed kde on it. > > I have not tried kde in many years, so am not really familiar with it. > Perhaps I am overlooking something obvious, but I can not seem to run > Dolphin or Konqueror as root. > > Searching online, I was astounded to see many references to this problem, > saying that this is not a bug, but a feature - that kde developers are > deliberately working to prevent users from using some programs, including > Dolphin as root, as a "security measure". > > So, can the current version of Dolphin in Debian Stable be run as root > (without re-compiling, etc)? > > And, if not, how (and why) would anyone use kde at all? > So . . . no one here using kde? Hmmm . . . : )
