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Dumber people can run Linux (Inquirer)
Dumber people can run Linux (Inquirer)
Posted Oct 17, 2005 13:55 UTC (Mon) by mohaine (guest, #6101)In reply to: Dumber people can run Linux (Inquirer) by nathan
Parent article: Dumber people can run Linux (Inquirer)
The only gripe I had with ubuntu is that the install does not have a prominent notice saying 'experienced user warning:ubuntu uses sudo for everything. You will not have a root account unless you do $MAGIC_THING' :)
I wouldn't really call giving root a password a $MAGIC_THING. When you get right down to it, Ubuntu just delays the root password setup until you need access to root. While I hated this at first, it makes since. Most users don't know what 'root' is and have no idea why a root would need a password.
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Dumber people can run Linux (Inquirer)
Posted Oct 17, 2005 15:48 UTC (Mon) by nathan (subscriber, #3559) [Link]
You miss my point. An experienced user expects a root account. It doesn't matter what $MAGIC_THING expands to. It just needs to be flagged. Otherwise, you get to the end of the install and (a) wonder if you missed a step, (b) wonder how to unwedge yourself. Yes, you _are_ wedged, you have a system _you_ don't know how to effectively operate. Call it $MAGIC_THING, $RANDOM_THING, $WHY_IS_THIS_DIFFERENT_THING, I don't care.
Dumber people can run Linux (Inquirer)
Posted Oct 17, 2005 21:54 UTC (Mon) by sjj (guest, #2020) [Link]
Well, I have used sudo almost exclusively for root access for years (except at work...) so I didn't even notice for weeks.