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Ubuntu 26.04 Ends 46 Years of Silent sudo Passwords

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Ubuntu 26.04 Ends 46 Years of Silent sudo Passwords

Ubuntu 26.04 Ends 46 Years of Silent sudo Passwords. Starting with the upcoming LTS release, every keystroke at a sudo password prompt will echo an asterisk — a small UX fix that has ignited one of Linux's fiercest debates in years.

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Mar 21 at 6:39amHacker News Top 15
Show threadSomeAnoTooter5d ago
@h4ckernews sounds like a good decision. If you want you can set the older behaviour and the decision to show the asterisks is well made and well explained. I'm glad those changes are made.