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You will usually be logged in as a normal user when using Linux, but some operations require elevated privileges. For example, installing or updating software needs the full access that only the root (switch user) in a terminal. This has two key disadvantages: it requires the user to know the root password, and once they have run they can do everything root can. That is why almost all distros prefer to use these days.

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