sudo: what is the point?

[Eric Dunbar]

> >(& please, can we keep the Linux chauvinism to a minimum. Just because
> >something is implemented in OS X (a *nix-like, mixed-OSS/proprietary
> >OS) or  Windows (non-*nix) doesn't mean that it couldn't improve the
> >Linux/Ubuntu computing experience)
> 
> True.  Though I do sometimes wonder at apparent attempts to clone the
> experience of using major existing programs;  easy for people transferring between
> systems, but not really moving anyone forward.

Finally some thoughts on the subject with which I can agree!

It is important to provide a bridge for people transferring between
systems, ESPECIALLY since most people who do use Linux in their
computing lives will, most likely, use Windows and sometimes also Mac
MOST OF THE TIME.

This requires that they have platform agnostic skills, and, as much as
I absolutely HATE the Windows implementation of GUI principles, it
does mean that these platform agnostic skills ought to be
Windows-centric. However, many of these have already been adopted (&
some still need to be adopted/fixed)... e.g. ctrl/alt- q-uit, w-close,
xvcz cut/copy/paste/undo, i-nfo, o-pen, p-rint, F4-close/quit, etc.

But, I also see some other classes of "other" platform implementations:
1. ideas which are plain simply good, and don't detract from the user
experience;

2. ideas which are currently poorly implement on Linux, and could be
improved from other systems; (e.g. #1 if you have multiple windows
open in FireFox, the quit command should be _HARD_ to activate. This
is a fundament problem of the whole menu-in-window paradigm of
Windows/Linux so it'll be hard to devise a functional solution anyway;
#2 double-click on left menu to close window (as per Windows... it's a
hack but it's better than having a menu pop-up, from which you have to
select close... and I _NEVER_ use any of the commands in that pop-up
menu)

3. ideas which aren't implemented anywhere, are good, and should be
implemented on Linux;

4. ideas on Linux which could be applied to Mac OS/Windows.