Questions about Ubuntu

[Nigel Stewart]

>>   Well, I suppose it means anyone with admin rights would at least be
>> able to have different desktops. *shrug*
>>
>>   
> Essentially, Ubuntu uses sudo. So, when a desktop user with admin rights 
> wants to do something that requires root access, the user's password is 
> requested, not the root password.
> 
> There are a lot of reasons you do not want to run as root for normal 
> operations.

	I installed OpenSolaris the other day and fully expected to have
	sudo.  It wasn't there.  My Linux-based reaction was - negative. :-)

- Nigel