<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 8:27 AM, Brian Wheeler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bdwheele@indiana.edu">bdwheele@indiana.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">On Thu, 2009-01-22 at 13:13 +0100, Morgan Olausson wrote:<br>
> Hi, I am a non technical user of Fedora.<br>
><br>
> I think there should (and finally will) be two different versions:<br>
><br>
> (I) For non-technical users a version that just works. Easy to install,<br>
> all settings are default. Simply a for free Microsoft Windows<br>
> replacement. This is the Linux version that will be most widely spread.<br>
> Most users have absolutely no idea of how to use a terminal window, and<br>
> with this version they will not need to know it.<br>
<br>
</div>You don't want non-technical users logging into the machine as root by<br>
default no matter what because, as they say: unix gives you enough rope<br>
to shoot yourself in the foot. These situations are much better handled<br>
with a non-privileged user logging in and then using sudo or the gui<br>
equivalent. So the root login thing doesn't really apply here.<br>
<br>
I think a minimal "yukky" root desktop for maintenance is really the<br>
right way to go: it discourages unsafe usage, and it is obvious that<br>
you're there to fix something.<br>
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Brian<br>
</font></blockquote><div><br>Great, we are on the way to hundreds of "Are You Sure" pop up windows....<br><br>There is nothing wrong with root X IMO.<br></div></div><br>-- <br><a href="http://projecthuh.com">projecthuh.com</a><br>
All of my bits are free, are yours? Fedoraproject.org<br>