Xubuntu and security

[Joep L. Blom]

I want to know if someone has a solution for "quirks" in xubuntu which 
are rather annoying. I use xubuntu 12.04 as I only use LTS versions.

1. The most irritating one is that the Xfce main menu the programs 
refuse to request for root permission (for those that require it) and 
run as normal user (or don't run). Examples are synaptic (that wont 
start from the menu and can only be started with  synaptic-pkexec and if 
you want to do something useful you have to start it with sudo. Idem 
with Update Manager.

2. Irritating is also that e.g. backupPC will not start before I 
explicitly have opened the external device where the backup files reside 
(although it is in the startup list).
In the same league is the fact that Power Manager doesn't start 
automatically but must be explicitly started manually and only as simple 
user and never ask if I want it to run as root (which was normal in 10.04).
3. What is the very irritating reason to use fancy names instead of the 
CLI commands in the menus. It is this hiding of of commands that is one 
of the most irritating habits of Windows (and Mac a presume). And if the 
powers that decide to mimic others why oh why don't they give a list 
with translations so normal people can find the CLI commands that are 
hidden.
Hope somebody can give the solutions. I don't use interim upgrades (like 
12.10,13.04, etc) but install all updates. I wait for the next LTS.
Greetings,
Joep