JuNest: Arch Linux-based distro that runs on any Linux OS, without root access
JuNest is what made our department computers usable for me. With it, I could run my favorite TeX editor (we don&#x27;t have root access on these machines).<p>On a philosophical note, I second vortico&#x27;s question of why common Linux distros require root access to be at all usable. In particular, how did it come to not being able to install a package without sudo?<p>I could download something, compile it, and run it, but not install from a package. It doesn&#x27;t make sense to me. If I can run it, I should be able to &quot;install&quot; it locally, whatever the word &quot;install&quot; means (obviously, it wouldn&#x27;t mean writing to directories to which I don&#x27;t have access otherwise).<p>JuNest simply proves this point.