UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I have created a linux machine and installed some softwares on it with root user privileges . I used to login with root user credentials for doing the various task.

Later i have realise that this is not the best practice to follow and there should be a new user with less privileges to be created for doing the day to day task.

I have read the steps to create the user but will that new user sufficient enough to do the task that i m doing it through root user?
Will my software allow the new user to work on them?
I would be glad if someone points me to a guidelines on what should be my next step?

That depends on what exactly your day-to-day requirements are.

In the worst case scenario you might get some "Permission denied" error or something alike.

You can setup a sudo account... but without further details of what you are trying to accomplish it's difficult to provide useful pointers.