Noob Question Thread: Ask Any Questions About Linux!

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Noob Question Thread: Ask Any Questions About Linux! - Lemmy

I thought I’ll make this thread for all of you out there who have questions but are afraid to ask them. This is your chance! I’ll try my best to answer any questions here, but I hope others in the community will contribute too!

Is there a way to remove having to enter my password for everything?

Wake computer from Screensaver? Password.
Install something? Password.
Updates (biggest one. Updates should in my opinion just work without, because being up to date is important for security reasons)? Password.

I understand sudo needs a password,but all the other stuff I just want off. The frequency is rediculous. I don’t ever leave my house with my computer, and I don’t want to enter a password for my wife everytime she wants to use it.

Asking the real question here. I hope there is a one way solution per application. But I doubt it. I hope you don’t get the usual answer that it’s “absolutely necessary” for security.