Michael Torrie wrote: > Jacob Albretsen wrote: >> I agree with his first suggestion. I would add to it don't give your >> normal users sudo privileges so they won't willy nilly press the >> upgrade button and then come running to you when everything breaks. >> He also seems to have forgotten about Ubuntu 6.06 with his second >> suggestion. And IIRC, Ubuntu got a lot of heat of choosing to delay >> two months.
Disagreed. I was part of the 6.06 delay, and when Mark announced the two month delay for us to focus of polish and stability, it was generally well received in the community. As a result, Ubuntu 6.06 has been one of the most solid releases to date. > So really sudo is just a formality. It is a layer of security, ...[SNIP]... > So let's recognize that just because something has always been done a > certain way in unix doesn't always mean it makes sense in a home user > situation. Ubuntu also is not the only operating system that uses sudo by default. Shall I point your attention to Mac OS X? -- . O . O . O . . O O . . . O . . . O . O O O . O . O O . . O O O O . O . . O O O O . O O O
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