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Interesting, I think i will give it a try in virtualbox

It's really hard, because the author is not only against limited user accounts, he is also against ISO files.

https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/easyos-2-3.html

He’s just doing it the Android way, separate user accounts for each application/binary.

The one critical thing with running as root in my mind is clobbering some storage in /dev.

Elsewhere in this thread the benefits are described , and im really curious if Linux could get a proper SAS/SAK working (your root password would only ever be entered into your trusted system login UI)

Interesting.

Got any links to docs on how Android works in this respect, please?

Oh ok, I guess I probably won't give it a try then. I just like the look of the screenshots. Let the Linux GUI fragmentation carry on

Oh, I would, definitely! It's interesting, but it's hard to run in a VM. Easier on bare metal, via a dedicated USB key.

Ok I'll consider that, thanks for the tip.

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