can't run gnome as root - addition

[Liam Proven]

On 2 October 2012 13:16, Lentes, Bernd
<bernd.lentes at helmholtz-muenchen.de> wrote:

>
> why do i have to adapt the OS ? I think the OS should adapt to the needs and wishes of the user as far as possible.

Nobody is forcing you to use this OS. There are many others to choose from.

Comparison: I am left-handed. I do not own a car but I have a full
licence to drive. It is much easier for me to steer with my left hand
and change gears with my right, as my left hand has better control.

But I am British. In my country, the controls are on the right, to
provide best visibility for the driver as cars drive on the left. I
could get a left-hand drive car which would suit me personally better,
but then, I would not be able to see to overtake and so on, because
I'd be on the wrong side, unlike almost everyone else.

The small advantage is outweighed by the big advantage.

When I started to use Ubuntu, after 15y on other Unixes with working
root accounts, I found it inconvenient. I enabled and used root.

But then I got used to it and decided to play along with the way that
the OS was designed to work. To do admin stuff, I use `sudo -s`. This
works just fine.

You can continue to try to do things your own way, but it is not the
best way. It is easier to play along.

You chose to use Ubuntu. So, either learn the Ubuntu way, or, if you
cannot adapt, then go use some other OS. But if you try to make Ubuntu
into SUSE, you will not be happy and in the end you will fail.

Save yourself this trouble.

> I KNOW that it is not the recommended way to login to X as root, but i did it often and never got any problems.
> It's my box, and if i'm making an error, it's my problem.

Ubuntu is a simplified beginners' Linux. It does user-authentication
the simple, Mac OS X way. Stop fighting it, it is pointless. Accept
it, move on.

> The only error i did happened on a terminal, not in a GUI.
> I'm not used to sudo and all ist friends, and i don't like to use it.

You chose to learn Ubuntu. Start learning!

> In a car the blinker is always on the left side, and no manufactur installed it on the right side, expecting that all the drivers will adapt.
> OS like suse, RedHat, fedora also don't use this way with sudo, so it can't be dangerous.

That is nonsense. Billions of people smoke, although smoking causes
horrible diseases that kill in unpleasant ways.

> I can't imagine that these distributors will provide a inherent unsecure OS.

Motorcycles are inherently dangerous; they fall over unless actively
balanced and offer no protection to the rider. Nonetheless, hundreds
of millions use them, as they are fun and practical.

Just because something is common does not mean it is a good idea.


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