• Allero@lemmy.today
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    12 days ago

    Su often takes more time and is more involved, even if it’s a difference between very little effort and no effort at all.

    For example, I update and install apps through CLI about once a week, and I’d rather just bang the sudo <update command> than go su, enter root credentials, and only then go for what I wanted in the first place.

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      12 days ago

      su [Enter] [Password] [Command] doesn’t take longer than sudo [Command] [Enter] [Password]
      And after you’ve done it once, you can just keep the terminal open and do all other admin tasks without typing sudo
      Open another terminal (or tab) for user stuff.