does it seem really odd that Dell would be selling the laptop bundled with Ubuntu as a “recommended” option?

in early 2009 it would have been windows vista, i think? so maybe that’s the problem

yes, i’ve played it on linux. runs exactly as you’d expect

i feel apprehensive about adopting a new way of running commands with elevated permission when sudo already feels trustworthy. i’m sure it’s safe but i need an xkcd comic about good old run0 before i can trust it

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