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.

  • Responsabilidade@lemmy.eco.br
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    7 months 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