Right Click - Edit as root

Brian McKee brian.mckee at gmail.com
Wed Sep 3 16:27:59 UTC 2008


On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Rashkae <ubuntu at tigershaunt.com> wrote:
> Given gnome's insane drag n' drop move files without asking and with no
> undo and we won't ever allow you to change that default behavior, I
> really don't think running nautilus as root is *ever* a good idea.

Hey - I *like* it that way.  I don't need Clippy bugging me everytime
I want to move something.
If I'm about to screw up I hit the 'yes' box out of habit before I
realize my mistake anyway!

As for the no 'undo' option - I believe that's part of the latest
version of Gnome with the upgrades to gfs or whatever they call it.

>  I
> usually do my root file management from the console, but surely there's
> a better, more sensible gui that can be used?

<ducking>
There's no better interface than the console
  :-)
</ducking>

Hey - this is linux - if you don't like Nautilus, use Dolphin,
Konqueror, Thunar, MC or goodness knows how many other options and
quit trying to 'fix' the ones we like :-)

Brian




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