Root support

Task description

This team support people that want to run as root on their computers if you don't want just don't do it and leave people free to own their machines.

Here there is an article that explains why running as root is safe (or not less-safe than running non-root): http://distro.ibiblio.org/fatdog/web/faqs/login.html

More article about running as root: https://www.garyshood.com/root/ https://bkhome.org/archive/puppylinux/technical/root.htm http://igurublog.wordpress.com/2010/01/16/fear-not-root/ http://web.archive.org/web/20080604034010/grafpup.org/news/?page_id=243 https://xkcd.com/1200/

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Create a package that allow root log in where it is disabled for example on GNOME and KDE.

Remove root checks from the packages:

nemo nemo-desktop has a root check, fixed in new version: "threat root as normal" option added by developers
jhbuild
accountsservice minumum uid 1000 check must be removed
vlc needs --allow-root flag when it is built
Make pulseaudio works for root without having to manually copy files from non-root user
Make accountsservice threats root as normal