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I have not yet migrated to Ubuntu 18.04, due to the great changes made to the system. These are the withdrawal of gksu, the use of gnome-desktop, among others.

When I tried I had terrible problems on account of gksu, so my questions are:

  • How is the situation of Ubuntu 18.04?
  • Have you been able to meet the need for gksu?
  • Is the software compatible with a new administrative method?
  • Otherwise, do you still have some way to reinstall it in the system?
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  • How is the situation of Ubuntu 18.04?

I'm running Lubuntu 18.04.1 LTS and it works well for me. I have a test system of standard Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS too, and I think it works well.

'Don't fix it if it ain't broke.'

My general recommendation is to stay with a working version as long as it is supported or at least until the next first point release of the next LTS version (16.04.1 LTS, 18.04.1 LTS, 20.04.1 LTS). Switch to a new version before the old version passes end of life (LTS: 5 years for standard Ubuntu and 3 years for the community flavours.)

  • Have you been able to meet the need for gksu?

Yes, there are alternatives to gksu. See this link.

In Xorg it is enough with

sudo -H gui-program

In Wayland you also need

xhost +si:localuser:root

to allow it to work.

  • Is the software compatible with a new administrative method?

I don't understand what you mean.

  • Otherwise, do you still have some way to reinstall it in the system?

Reinstalling Ubuntu is done as in previous versions. Or do you mean gksu? Don't try to use it in 18.04 LTS.

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