To sudo or not to sudo (was Re: Installing nVidia Drivers)

[John W Redelfs]

On 11/18/05, Vram <lamsokvr at xprt.net> wrote:
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> On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 10:04 -0700, Scott wrote:
> > Cliff Pankonien wrote:
> > > from a root window, do apt-get install binutils . that will install it
> > > wherever it needs to be. you can also use synaptic if you prefer a
> gui,
> > > either one _should_ work...i still can't get used to the sudo thing,
> so
> > > i set up a root password so that i can open a root term session if i
> > > need to...obviously you could sudo apt-egt install binutils and get
> the
> > > same result.
> > >
> > Please don't confuse the masses with this. Many Linux newbies may have
> > no idea what you mean since Ubuntu doesn't give you root access by
> > default.....


I've never used sudo, or a Debian based distribution before. And at first
sudo really offended me as jumping through unnecessary hoops. But after
reading the reasons for it, I have changed my mind. I think it is a great
idea that I'm sure I can get used to. But last night I learned that even
sudo won't keep you from screwing up your system. I trashed my X-windows
installation, and now I'm stuck with a big problem because my Linux
education isn't serving me as well as I thought it would. Three cheers for
sudo, but in my view, Linux is still not ready for the desktop. I can't even
get a 1024x768 display going without spending several days trying to figure
out how to do it. Would some other distribution make setting up my nVidia
driver and getting a 1024x768 display easier? Somehow I doubt it. --JWR


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> Just my $0.02
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> Vram
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