usability? (Score 1)

Wouldn't a much improved k-desktop or knome environment do the job? Usability should be about improving the users experience by making applications available and accessable to all - it should not be about providing root access! Idealy, the user should not ever need to worry about access rights, or needing root access! A bad example of this is win XP Professional (as used in offices) - it provides the correct level of access to its normal users while retaining full access for admins - despite the fact that its based on windows OS it provides far more security, and an improved level of usability not seen in previous versions of NT, this is a perfect example of how security can be maintained, while usability in improved.