Another reason *to* use sudo?

[Joe Potter]

newtoubuntu wrote:
> I agree with this comment.  As I understand the argument, the whole
> point of this change from a traditional Unix/Linux way of administering
> a system, is to keep "lazy" people from just staying in root all the
> time (ie. they are protecting us from ourselves).  They admit that
> there is no real increase in security.  
> 
> 
> 
> My main problem with this is that it is a break with the normal
> Linux/unix way of doing things.  Instead of being a platform to help
> people know the proper way of administering a system, by doing it on
> their own. You are creating some kind of new variant, that is actually
> harder to use. 
> 
> 
> 
> instead of just su to root, there were like 4 lines of ways to get the
> variety of privaleges you might need.  I just don't see the point.  
> 
> 
> 
> I would like to say that so far this is the first time that I have
> liked a GNOME interface, and I'm pretty happy with the system so far. 
> Kudos to the development team.  the install went well, and hardware
> detection went well.
> 
> 

I put the "root terminal" icon up on the panel, and use it in Gnome to
avoid any sudo nonsense. I have no answer for a virtual terminal however,

-Joe