Once upon a time, Richard Hughes hughsient@gmail.com said:
The problem is who to target. If you call Fedora a desktop distro, then it makes perfect sense for local users to be able to shutdown the computer, suspend, change the system clock and install clipart without passwords, as long as it's done in a secure way.
I don't think all of that makes "perfect sense". There is a big difference between turning the system on and off and actually changing significant system settings like time and packages.
Again, you are also making the assumption that "desktop distro" == "single-user system", when the Fedora desktop work is going in the other direction (making the desktop more multi-user friendly). Many home systems are now multi-user, and not everybody should be installing software.