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Sudo is coming to windows (programming.dev)

submitted 8 months ago by starman@programming.dev to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world

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Source: https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2024/02/08/announcing-windows-11-insider-preview-build-26052-canary-and-dev-channels/

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[-] TWeaK@lemm.ee 26 points 8 months ago

sudo stop telemetry

[-] d_k_bo@feddit.de 21 points 8 months ago

Can't wait for SystemD for Windows

sudo systemctl disable telemetry

[-] XTornado@lemmy.ml 8 points 8 months ago

I honestly want that. I much prefer managing services with systemd.

[-] lawrence@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

[-] PrefersAwkward@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago

And this incident has been reported. As have all your activities, searches, sites, and keystrokes

[-] Zink@programming.dev 6 points 8 months ago

They need to end the “this incident has been reported” line with an animated laughing Bill Gates saying “ah ah aaaah, you didn’t say the magic word!”

[-] wingsfortheirsmiles@feddit.uk 2 points 8 months ago

Wayne Knight still underrated

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[-] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

ERROR: Fuck you! What do you think, we're Linux? How will we earn them monies without your data?

[-] fkn@lemmy.world 20 points 8 months ago

Win12 confirmed as a Linux mint cinnamon derivative distro.

[-] Freesoftwareenjoyer@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

No, that would be too soon. It took them over 20 years to make a package manager, 15 years to add tabs to Windows Explorer. Maybe in 10-20 years they will do it.

[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

package manager

They've got winget recently so they get closer than you think.

https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli

[-] Freesoftwareenjoyer@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yeah, that's what I meant. 22 years after APT:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APT_(software)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Package_Manager

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[-] KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

"linux mint, but it sells your data"

i know microsft isn't really selling it, but they're making money like they do.

[-] GladiusB@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

And slower and never fuckin updates...

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[-] ad_on_is@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

I think mint is too Linuxy for win...they might go with Ubuntu and embrace snaps

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[-] laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 8 months ago

Oh thank goodness, having to spawn a full admin terminal every time you need that is such a pita

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[-] mlg@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Doesn't really make sense in the context of windows tbh

sudo = "superuser do"

They should have made it NT-ASdo for "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM do"

Except it should actually be a powershell module so you have to type out the whole thing as NT-AuthoritySystem-Do

^/s^

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 8 months ago

You have a /s but I wouldn't be surprised if it had a really long syntax

[-] uis@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

ntassdo

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[-] Ascend910@lemmy.ml 12 points 8 months ago

Windows is just the expensive knock off at this point XD

[-] kureta@lemmy.ml 11 points 8 months ago

At this point just release a new Linux distro and call it "Windows for Developers" or something.

[-] poopsmith@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

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[-] Allero@lemmy.today 2 points 8 months ago

Thanks for the work and heads up!

[-] randomaside@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 8 months ago

Sooner or later . . . https://archiveos.org/lindows/

[-] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Soon, some linux newbies would search for how to do something with sudo and spent an hour scratching their head trying to figure out why the command not working, only to realize they copy pasted sudo command for windows instead.

[-] Hiro8811@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Or the other way around

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[-] w2tpmf@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

We already had this function, they just made sudo into an alias of:

runas /user:Administrator

[-] r4indeer@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 8 months ago

No, that required the local admin account to have a password, which is usually unset (and the account is also locked). This uses the UAC system instead.

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[-] BigTrout75@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

If my crystal ball is correct, Windows will be Linux in 10 years.

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[-] Evkob@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago

>new

>"sudo was initially released: circa 1980"

Random sidenote, today I learned that not only does sudo have a logo, it's in direct reference to a classic xkcd strip.

[-] bastian_5@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago

They're also aknowledging that it already existed... It's new to windows. I don't like them either but you don't need to actively look for shit to be upset at them over.

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[-] x4740N@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

The sandwich with a face makes me feel uncomfortable for some reason

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[-] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago

Kinda wish I didn't know it had a logo. Those eyes are staring into my soul

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[-] Matriks404@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I am pretty sure it won't work 100% like sudo on Unix-likes, so why didn't they come up with different name, like elevate? This command being sudo will only confuse users.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago

When searching commands now Windows garbage comes up

[-] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

So it's more to poison search results to stifle Linux adoption

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[-] Freesoftwareenjoyer@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I think they want to compete with GNU/Linux and attract its users. They made WSL for probably the same reason. They even have a terminal now that almost doesn't suck.

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[-] mariusafa@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

This is the most non-credible real shit i've seen in a while. Sudo for windows? What is next? The whole gnutils native on windows? If they do that I'm going to be happy because i could play games that aren't suported on linux but at the same time scraping all the big pile of shit that windows is packaged with.

Like neutered Windows, like droping a huge nuke into Sytstem32 directory and killing every shit.

No more you don have permisions to do this when i'm the only user, plus administrator. Current state it feels like microsoft is lending my computer to me or something.

Well tbh Mac OS is having the same aproach. I've used old macos and nowadays all the things someone wants on an os are hidden in maze like preferences windows and whatever bullshit.

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