[CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user

[Christopher Chan]

Marcelo M. Garcia wrote:
> 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.
>
>   
And break a couple of things IIRC. There are whole arguments about doing 
that.