can't run gnome as root - addition

[Joep L. Blom]

Again,
I agree with compdoc and Liam ( who has much better comparisons than I 
have). Just as Liam I'm left-handed (well actually ambi-dexter) but 
luckily I live in the Netherlands where the 'normal' way of driving is 
implemented and Liam's explanation is a perfect one to explain why most 
drivers here are such bad one's: they're right-handed(!).

To complete my s0rt of ranting against using root us user: when you're 
well experienced with Unix and Linux it is of course sensible to 
implement a root password for those moments you really need a root 
environment, e.g. when salvaging corrupt sectors with important 
information from a disk, researching network problems or tweaking 
drivers, etc. But that is not the stuff new linux users must attack, and 
as Liam rightfully mentions, Ubuntu us simplified beginners Linux and 
tries to prevent them to corrupt their OS which is easily done when 
being root: ever tried rm * when as root being in the root-directory??
Joep