Re: [orca-list] Is Linux suitable for non-programmer/computer scientists?

[Thomas Ward <thomasward1978 gmail com>]

Hello Hank,



On 3/17/13, Hank Smith, and Seeing-Eye dog Iona <hanksmith hanksmith net> wrote:
> what about configuring apps?
> and also editing conf files
> last time I used ubuntu I had to drop in to command line just to open
> text editor to edit conf files couldn't do that from gui do to root not
> being available in ubuntu gui
> is there a work around for stuff like this?

Yes, launch gedit in gksudo, and that will give you root access. The
other option is enable the root account and log directly in as root.