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What feature/utility/app are you surprised is not installed by default in Linux distributions? (lemdro.id)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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[–] 10 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (10 children)

Debian, sudo, at least when ever I install it without a desktop.

edit: I'm dumb af, it tells you right in the installer, I just never read it

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (8 children)

    I read that apparently if you don't input a password for root that it apparently installs sudo. I might be wrong about this but could be worth a Google

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    The installer says this when it asks you to type a root password. I don't know why, but for some reason the information is both right there and easy to miss.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (4 children)

    That kinda makes sense but I never would have found it on my own.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    https://www.maketecheasier.com/assets/uploads/2020/08/debian-install-set-password.png.webp

    Third paragraph. I'm not trying to be a smart-ass, I also installed Debian a few times without seeing it.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Why would anyone continue reading after "you need a password for root"? You just the rest of the paragraph is gonna be ramblings about what constitutes a good password and so on. And it is exactly that and then at the very end they tell you about sudo. No wonder I always missed it.

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