Root with GUI

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On 04/15/2010 06:01 PM, Tom Horsley wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:07:01 -0430
> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> 
>> GUIs are
>> large, complex and buggy pieces of multiple interacting components
>> written by diverse people of widely differing abilities.
> 
> Which just proves that you should never use a gui for anything
> remotely sensitive, like accessing your bank accounts
> or doing your taxes. Nuclear reactor control software should
> interface with the operators totally through punch card input
> to avoid the possibility of a gui screwup, etc.

  That depends whether the GUI is an integral part of the critical
system, or just a communication channel to it. As you may well be aware
the GUI is just another service among many that may be running on a
Linux system, and the other services may well be accessed by GUI
applications as required.
  Surely you've noticed that although a GUI application may sometimes
become unresponsive, it has no effect on other GUI applications. In my
experience problems of fatal crashes are rare on Linux systems. They do
happen sometimes for me while I'm doing software development/debugging
which I don't find surprising, I make mistakes.
  As for proving anything, to each their own as to how they wish to
manage their Linux systems. I know how I manage my Linux PC/Laptop, and
it works for me, but as likely as not, it would not be suitable for
others.

JB