Comments by "Lautaro Quiroga" (@LautaroQ2812) on "Lil' Linux Lesson - Sudo for beginners!" video.

  1. Noob question: How would I go about it if I want to force (joke) my gf to use Linux on her machine, say I install Debian. But we would love it for her hands of fire to avoid downloading a softonic (real story). I know this is much harder on Linux than on Windows so "default stuff" should be ok. But any other vulnerability... Should I create the first user (mine) as root and then create a new user for her without the privileges from inside the OS through the GUI or does that not work as well as editing the files from the terminal? Secondary noob question: Let's say she IS using her newly created unprivileged user - could she (or someone else being malicious) use "sudo" in terminal anyway? Or how does it actually work? I understand it as follows: when you install the OS and create your first user with privileges, it doesn't mean you are always root, but it means you could turn into root user - this is why you could use sudo which sounds like it's faster/safer. But another profile without the privileges cannot use sudo (I assume?) and they would see something like "stop, go ask for permission". I'm sure this is wrong lol, but it makes the most sense to me otherwise if someone with no privileges could also use sudo it kinda defeats the purpose.
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