[CLUE-Tech] Re:why on earth should linux attempt to become user friendly?

[Dan Harris]

I think that many Ximian Gnome apps will do exactly that.. You may want to try
the GNOME environment if you aren't already running it.  

-Dan Harris

Personally I think the entire problem would
> go away if every time a dialog box popped out and said, "you need root
> privileges to do this" it would also say, "enter the root password."