Re: Application/System Tools vs System/Administration

[Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org>]

<quote who="Matthew Thomas">

> *   "Root Terminal" --> open a terminal and type "su" :-) (there could
>     even be a menu item for this in gnome-terminal itself)

Yeah, this is actually the worst of the lot - it runs gnome-terminal as
root, which is very silly. (I tried to kill it off in Ubuntu, but...)

- Jeff

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