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Luke Hughes

Bad news for devs — the one feature that made Linux better than Windows is finally jumping ship

Close up of the Linux penguin.

Support for the Linux and MacOS-based 'sudo' (superuser do) command has been spotted in a leaked Windows Server preview build, potentially signalling a major change for developers everywhere.

The introduction of ‘sudo’, a means of overriding user permission restrictions when your operating system is fighting against you like a petulant child, is also likely a feature in very early development for Windows - though it’s been spotted in the leaked builds, Windows Latest are reporting that it doesn’t actually work, so no-one need worry their little heads just yet.

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