[CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user

[Marcelo M. Garcia]

Sorin Srbu wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On
> Behalf
>> Of Matt
>> Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 11:29 PM
>> To: CentOS mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user
>>
>> Thats my thought as well.  Ubuntu desktop and CentOS for servers.
>> Just wandering if anyone is using the 'Ubuntu Server Edition's'?  They
>> seem appealing but CentOS is what I am used too on servers now.
>> Thought about loading it up on a box to just try though.
> 
> Not using, but I've tried it in a LAMP-configuration couple of years ago.
> Stability seems ok, but personally I don't like the sudo this and sudo that
> and sudo everywhere. Besides, it felt somehow clunky. CentOS seemed slim,
> slick and fast compared at the time, so CentOS is what I got stuck with (in
> an endearing sense of course).
> 
> HTH.
Hi Sorin

You can "sudo bash" and you will have a root terminal. In it, you can 
set the root password for root.

Regards

mg.