Hello all. Just wanted to say hey and introduce myself. I have been studying Linux for 3-4 days now. Trying to get all I need to know. Currently have Linux Ubuntu Budgie. So far it been the best OS I have used. Just curious is there a way to make a permanent Linux account?

What exactly do you mean by that? An account on what site? Or are you talking about user accounts on your own machine? They are easy to make: just use "sudo adduser". Any extra accounts that you create will not have your management rights. They will not be able to use sudo by default.

I should’ve worded that different, my apologies. I meant like an account that goes where you go, meaning if I get a new computer I still have my account that I customized to my likings.

In Linux, all configuration is stored in text files. Your personal settings for various programs are in a set of hidden text files in your home directory. A hidden file is simply one whose name begins with a dot; file managers only show these if you ask them to.

If you check the option to show hidden files (or open a terminal and type "ls -a"), you will see files with the names of programs. They contain your settings. You can list them if you're curious. There will be some for your overall desktop too. Save these in a convenient place, and if you ever install Linux on another machine, just copy them over.

Hi and welcome to LQ,

Sorry that's still confusing.

Are you talking about a Linux user account where you wish to have it be portable from system to system? Like a mainframe form of organization?

Right now I do not believe there is a common solution. I'm sure there may be an exception to this, but like any single desktop or laptop type of computer, your account on that computer is your account, and it doesn't show up automatically on other systems, nor would it sync automatically as if on a mainframe type of architecture.

I bet there are deployments of Linux which can behave like this, or additional programs you can install and have it operate this way. But also pretty sure that this behavior would also be limited to a trusted network of machines.

If your question is about the LQ site, then this is just like other online accounts. Wherever you sign in from, it will be your account, and it should retain the settings and preferences.

An account may not transfer but your settings files can. When I've built a new LFS, one of the first things I always do is copy over all the hidden files from my home directory on the old LFS. Then I know that all the programs will continue to work the way I like them.

You could make a system that did sort of follow you but very few home linux users do that. A new user may find it more complex and then you get into the different versions and distros and all that.

Apple, Microsoft and Google have ways to store your stuff on their servers but as far as I know maybe Ubuntu does that. It is possible that other commercial distro's have that ability but I only paid for Mandrake 7.