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From: Felix Lechner via <help-guix@gnu.org>
To: help-guix@gnu.org
Cc: Gottfried <gottfried@posteo.de>
Subject: Re: Guix package manager installed
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2022 06:29:06 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAFHYt57L=hEcQxL-pJjsW9aKF_jkyeecO_Cs-6cyZ9CBxqm1Ag@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8f44d968-0684-9877-4866-13c81e12de1a@posteo.de>

Hi,

On Sun, Oct 30, 2022 at 2:13 AM Gottfried <gottfried@posteo.de> wrote:
>
> What would be the benefit to use Guix with the root user account?

Using Guix with the root user account would give you access to
executables managed by Guix while you are logged in as root.

If you have root privileges, however, you could also say good-bye to
your host OS and switch to the Guix System.

Kind regards
Felix Lechner


  reply	other threads:[~2022-10-30 13:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-10-29 20:57 Guix package manager installed Gottfried
2022-10-29 22:23 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2022-10-30  9:12   ` Gottfried
2022-10-30 13:29     ` Felix Lechner via [this message]
2022-11-02  7:53 ` Steve George
2022-11-02 19:59   ` Gottfried
2022-11-03  7:25     ` Steve George
2022-11-03 19:54       ` Gottfried

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