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Most desktop users don't use their systems in "limited" roles.  They
want/need the power of the PC.  This is the Lindows argument, and a
valid one in my view, for using the super-user (i.e. root) account.

> As root, you can 'rm -rf /". As common user, you can do such only if
> such is explicitly granted by /etc/sudoers. 

As a common user you can "rm -rf ~" without sudo, which is worse?

> On a single-user home/hobby/test system, the distinction may not come
> as clear as in a true multi-user environment.

Few, if any, Linux desktop users are running multi-user environments.
In fact, multi-user is over-blown for this list, esp when talking
browsers, guntella, etc.  Granted there is probably someone who shares
the same PC with his/her spouse/kids.  In those cases user accounts make
sense, but I bet one of them has wheel or similar privileges. 

-Jim P.





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