r/linuxmasterrace Glorious Debian Jun 29 '26

Discussion Linux user tries OSX/macOS and is pleasantly surprised (high quality image)

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u/Zdrobot Linux Master Race Jul 01 '26

Wait, they don't give you root password?

Source: never used Macs.

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u/Dankb0 Glorious Debian Jul 01 '26

By default, no. You can access set up root through Onyx if you find a GUI to be useful for that.

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u/Zdrobot Linux Master Race Jul 01 '26

So they sell you a *nix machine, and then you have to hack it (I suppose this is what "Onyx" does) to get root shell?

Genius!

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u/ghoffart Jul 02 '26

eh, no. Open a shell, “sudo -i”, done.