Douglas Allan Tutty wrote the following on 07/14/2007 08:08 AM:
On Sat, Jul 14, 2007 at 08:02:49AM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote:Seriously though, it is nice to be able to separate things by workspacewithin a session, but I like to have a different sessions for root and similar functions that I don't want to get tangled up in my run-of-the-mill user stuff.Why would you have root run gnome? AFAIK, you should either use sudo or su to become root for a specific application then exit. Doug.
Different strokes for different folks, Doug.
AFAIK, there is no rule I have to follow as to how I use root.
You need a command line for su or sudo and I don't want to
take the time to open a terminal window. And most of the things
I do involve things that are more easily done with lists. And
I hate typing cd after cd after cd then a dozen file names.
Even my old standby command chain
tar pcfl - . | ( cd <dir> ; tar xfp - )
is a lot easier and quicker with Nautilus and a mouse!
Thanks for the comment though. At least you are reading the posts! ;-)