Mike Bird wrote:
Good advice that. GUI programs running as root is seldom a good idea.
Personally I don't use the xhost thang. I don't mind bash running as root but I don't even want to accidentally start some GUI program as root and then have to clean up the mess.
apt is all you need for managing Debian packages, and your choice of non-GUI editor for editing config files.
But as mentioned in cases you need to do that, just xhost +local:0 and after finishing the job xhost -local:0