DigitalDuality
April 30th, 2006, 01:07 AM
I recently have been jumping desktops and distros left and right. After trying out Kubuntu, ubuntu, xubuntu, breezy and dapper.. playing with XGL/compiz.. i decided i've actually played enough with a distro that was much easier for me then any of the previous times i've ever played with it in the past..and move on to something else.
Now i used fedra/redhat in the past but i never knew what i was doing. I never committed to using it as an OS, so here i sit on an FC5 box. Everything running smoothly.. restricted formats, drivers, codecs, fonts and all.
I remember redhat was the distro of choice in my linux courses in college and i remember distinctly using Su.
But what i'd like to know.. is what are the benefits of su and sudo? what's the down falls of each? I'm learning quickly i like debian's package management alot better, and in terms of ease.. sudo. But what underlying things am i missing?
Is one more secure than the other? Sudo is an option in FC5..but i have to setup my user name for it or some such crap.. i dunno.
Just curious about people's take on the matter
Now i used fedra/redhat in the past but i never knew what i was doing. I never committed to using it as an OS, so here i sit on an FC5 box. Everything running smoothly.. restricted formats, drivers, codecs, fonts and all.
I remember redhat was the distro of choice in my linux courses in college and i remember distinctly using Su.
But what i'd like to know.. is what are the benefits of su and sudo? what's the down falls of each? I'm learning quickly i like debian's package management alot better, and in terms of ease.. sudo. But what underlying things am i missing?
Is one more secure than the other? Sudo is an option in FC5..but i have to setup my user name for it or some such crap.. i dunno.
Just curious about people's take on the matter