I have always run as administrator with UAC turned off. Couldn't stand it any other way. :)
My reference was towards how on a Windows box an end user can right click on a shortcut/exe and select "Run As Administrator." Actually, I've seen that in Ubuntu lately when I've needed to install the VirtualBox Guest Additions. There's been a simple button where I can install them as administrator rather than having to use sudo. A vast improvement over having to teach someone how to use sudo at the terminal prompt.
I just wish there was a layer that could be provided for Linux where utilities could take on the name of the task which they perform, instead of all the crazy names they've got now.
“I have always run as administrator with UAC turned off. Couldn’t stand it any other way. :)”
Oh, oh, oh...
I gotta ask you something, I don’t mean to pry, but I have to know. Are you a Glock owner? Those things don’t have safeties.
When I read your post, I remembered that scene in Blackhawk Down where the commander sees a Delta with his rifle’s safety off. He says, “Soldier, your safety is off!” The Delta holds up his finger and says, “Sir, this is my safety!”
Sorry, just had to ask! :)
You can always 'alias' any name to any other name. If you've got a list of your favorite names for commands that you want to popularize, create an rc script that you can source on login, and they can have their own list of commands to do things however you want.
The downside of this is that what is "common sense" for one person is completely cryptic to someone else. Do you mean that a computer used in Germany would have entirely different commands than one used in the U.S.? I suspect that in the long run such a system would prove to be confusing as anything you could imagine.
So, rather than using "cd" to change directories, should we instead have a command like:
change_direcory
or in modern, dumbed down Ms-windows parlance:
change_folder
or for our German friend:
unter_ordner
Yup. That just rolls off the tongue. :-)