On 2025-03-26, Richard Owlett <rowl...@access.net> wrote: > > I assumed it was effectively the same as power down and then logging in > as root on power-up.
It is. But it's unnecessary and dangerous to run your entire DE as root. Or maybe you log in to the console and use startx to run Mate? At any rate, I do follow the rule of those in the know here and su to root in an xterm when I require root privileges for a task. I've never found or understood the need to proceed otherwise.
