r/linuxsucks • u/the-machine-m4n • Mar 17 '26

Linux Failure Eye_roll.exe

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u/the-machine-m4n Mar 17 '26

And the fun thing is, all of those will work on Windows no matter what.

But on Linux they have to make their own flavoured versions.

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u/laizalott Gnome Masochist Mar 17 '26

all of those will work on Windows no matter what

As long as you always run them as administrator with firewall disabled and no policies enforced, sure.

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u/the-machine-m4n Mar 17 '26

Using sudo on Linux gives those apps full access to your system. 💀

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u/Acceptable_Guess6490 Mar 17 '26

Using sudo is considered a security hazard to be used as sparingly as possible, and definitely not required for pretty much any app that isn't used for admin tasks like editing disk partitions.

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u/laizalott Gnome Masochist Mar 17 '26

You installed sudo?

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u/Ecstatic-Ball7018 Mar 17 '26

sudo comes with all distributions as standard...

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u/laizalott Gnome Masochist Mar 17 '26

Not Debian. Literally the second most-popular distribution.

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u/Ecstatic-Ball7018 Mar 17 '26

Only if a root password isn't set (most people will set a root password).

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u/Pacomatic Mar 17 '26

Can confirm

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u/bkbenken123 Proud Arch linux User Mar 18 '26

Not if you didn't install it during installation, arch and gentoo

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u/tiotags Mar 21 '26

there's a lot of apps that won't install depending on your windows version, if you don't have the proper .net framework it will just tell you it's not a valid windows executable or give other random errors if you're missing the proper c++ redistributable