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   Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:54:45 +0100   
   From: "Dirk T. Verbeek"    
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   Subject: Re: My ubuntu experience   
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   Hachiroku ハチロク schreef:   
   > On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:36:16 +0100, Michel Firholz wrote:   
   >    
   >> I just followed a thread about unmounting drives (a must in Linux) ... In   
   >> most of the current distributions, you just today right click the icon and   
   >> select "safely remove"...   
   >> Those guys still open a console (not really: they *always* have one or two   
   >> consoles open...) and use to type in some lines in volapük*...   
   >    
   >    
   > "Unable to unmount device...see details...You are not root"   
   >    
   > Opening a terminal and typing sudo alleviates these messages. I hope you   
   > aren't running as root, esp on the Internet. This is the biggest aspect   
   > that helps keep Linux much more secure than Windows.    
   >    
   > Of course, I'm a relative neophyte, and DO use the GUI a lot more then   
   > terminals, but there are some instances where a terminal just works so   
   > much better!   
   >    
   > Besides, I'm an old DOS 3.1/VAX guy...CLIs don't phase me, they're just a   
   > nuisance!   
   >    
   >    
   Which raises a question, could we program a mouse/key combination to do    
   the required operation as sudo...   
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