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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

Den 2014-11-24 02:38, Israel skrev:
> Hi everyone,
> I have been working on the torios-core package and the build scripts...
> so here is my question.
> 
> Do we want a root Terminal in the menu?
> if we do I need to install gksu
> if not I will simply remove it.
> 
> That is basically what I need to know :)
> 

I have no strong wish about a root terminal. I know the Ubuntu policy is
to use only sudo and gksu, and I know many other distros supply root
terminals and some do not even supply sudo.

-o-

Maybe it is more complicated. I think people might want gparted,
synaptic and other GUI programs that need superuser privileges, and to
be able to launch them from a terminal window.

The typical Ubuntu alternative is not to use a root terminal window, but
use a normal terminal window and to launch it with 'gksu' (alias
'gksudo'). I think (from a thread in the Ubuntu Forums about it) that it
is also possible to use 'sudo -H' without creating problems with
ownership of hidden files in the user's home directory, but it is easy
to forget the -H.

So to conclude, I think many people might come to ToriOS from the Ubuntu
world, and would miss gksu. So I suggest that you include gksu even if
you won't supply a root terminal.

Best regards
Nio