I found a (lengthy) guide to doing this but it is for gksu which is gone. I have to imagine there's an easy way. I am running Ubuntu. There is no specific use case, it is just a feature I miss from windows.

EDIT: I always expect a degree of hostility and talking-down from the desktop Linux community, but the number of people in this thread telling me I am using my own computer that I bought with my own money in a way they don't prefer while ignoring my question is just absurd and frankly should be deeply embarrassing for all of us. I have strongly defended the desktop Linux community for decades, but this experience has left a sour taste in my mouth.

Thank you to the few of you who tried to assist without judgement or assumptions.

      • @bizdelnick@lemmy.ml7•1 month ago

        I have no idea what you are talking about. The answer to your question is: this is impossible and this is done for purpose. Don't try to work in linux like in windows.

    • Jediwan@lemy.lol2•1 month ago

      gedit, gparted, many others. I am not afraid of the terminal it's just not my preferred method.

      • ZWQbpkzl [none/use name]2•1 month ago

        There's programs like kdesu which you can use. Idk if you can (or should) hack a context menu for a run-as-root option on everything. But you can make aliases or specifically application menu items for the specific apps you want to use.

        https://superuser.com/questions/135311/sudo-access-for-desktop-actions-in-gnome-kde#135325

  • Responsabilidade@lemmy.eco.br2•1 month ago

    I think you can run like this:

    $ pkexec env DISPLAY=$DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY <yourapp>

    For example, if I wanna open kgx (a.k.a. Gnome Console), I would run:

    pkexec env DISPLAY=$DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY kgx

  • @recarsion@discuss.tchncs.de1•1 month ago

    I see no "hostility" and "talking down" here. You shouldn't be running GUI programs with sudo, and the fact that you've been using Linux for X amount of years doesn't change that.