Re: Help - Gnome won't rune
On Sat, Jul 14, 2007 at 08:39:40AM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote:
> 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 workspace
> >>within 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.
> 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!
I use mc for stuff like this. Then again, I only run X to run an X app.
Most things happen from a CUI (mutt, lynx, mc) or the command-line in
mc.
Doug.
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