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Andrew just wants to open his files on Windows 10 (programming.dev)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml
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[–] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Eh? On Linux you also aren't supposed to log in as root, and you also have to individually set file permissions.

This issue is unrelated to windows, it's a safety feature that all modern desktop OSes have

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Yes, but on Linux, if I am root, I am God. I do whatever the fuck I want with my machine, for good, evil or stupidity. That's the poster's point. It seems like Windows doesn't allow you to do this, or at least not easily. So I guess people who want to have absolute control over their computer shouldn't be using Windows, I guess.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I think windows is a pretty good middle ground. Yes it's annoying that you might need to install a 3rd party tool to give you a right click menu option to take ownership of any file/folder, but at least you can do that and it's easy. And for normies that don't have Linux-fu they'll get into a lot less trouble than if you give them Linux.

    MacOS on the other hand, if there's something Apple decided users are too dumb to be allowed to do (which it turns out, is a lot of stuff), then you just can't do it, period.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It’s quite common to login as admin on windows though (in home setups), you’ll still have to authenticate for administrative tasks (the UAC popups).

    The issue here is mostly that the user has probably upgraded and windows changed their account, resulting in the files being owned by their old account.

    In linux, that’s fixable with ‘sudo chmod -R’

    In Windows, there’s no built-in way, you need the take ownership script.

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