On Monday 14 December 2009 01:01:51 John Andersen wrote:
On 12/13/2009 9:44 AM, lynn wrote:
And as needing to be root etc, I know all that. A user in linux can not normally install (system) software, but the point is moot here, as the user is often also root and knows the password.
On both sides, the user can usually install "local" software, on his home. I have something installed in "My Documents" in windows.
Hi everyone Sorry to come in late on this but I think it selfish that a user be able to install just his set of software. It would be very difficult for him to install all the packages and put the libraries in his path. If root does it, everyone can share the libs and application.
All well and true, but these days the vast majority of Linux installations are on PERSONAL computers, and as such there us usually exactly ONE user account, and that user also has root.
I always thought that it was the other way around. Linux was used on networks and rarely as a stand alone workstation. If that's not the case then I withdraw my comment about being selfish. Thanks for pointing this out. Lynn. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org