On Monday 02 of November 2009 14:54:08 David wrote:
You, sir, are advocating one of the major 'stupid Windows users' arguments for Linux. Run as root.
um, I still do not get it - why do you keep talking about Windows? ... it is Fedora here
and you *need* to use root to achieve some things, like editing configfiles or so
so, what is wrong about using Konqueror as root?
is, for example, Midnight commander any better? - or typing "cd something; ls; cd something; ls ..." in bash?
is it just because you hate Konqueror, or you hate GUI in general?
no one ever on this thread was talking about "doing everything as root" which seems to be the thing you argue against
The point is, I believe, that to disable root is considered a good thing.
"is considered"? - no, *you* and a few others consider ... but there is also a number of people that disagree - do not promote your personal opinion to the ultimate truth(tm)
you want to babysit the others
I want the freedom
Those that disagree with that thought and wish to open their system that way are free to do so.
no, they are not free - they have to overcome the obstacles put by the other group
Those that do not know *how* to do that probably should *not* do that.
Makes sense to me.
to me, it does not - I really do not understand why should I study tons of TFM just to learn how to allow me to edit a configfile or whatever
K.