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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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[–] 1 point 2 years ago

But I don't see why VLC shouldn't be able to run as root, if the user so desires.

For the reasons you described, I won't run VLC as root, and I don't think 99% of users would need to. But if someone wanted to do it, the software shouldn't stop them from doing it (beyond giving a warning and asking them to confirm).

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