[gedit-list] question about gedit and root login

[Tom Thornton <video flyer10 gmail com>]

Hi,

First of all, I want you to know that I have used gedit as my primary text editor since I started using Linux, in 1996.  I am not a corporate user, so in order to use my personal system (behind two firewalls) without having to constantly having to type my password, I run as root. A minor problem with gedit was entered into bugzilla in June, 2011 (Bug 653563 and 658100) by other users, and I have experienced it since v3.0.x.  The bother in this case is that when opening a file (and I have seen 
this problem as root, all the way down to low level users) a blank 
document is also opened.  The problem was the comment made by Christian Persch, stating that people shouldn't run GNOME programs with elevated privleges, as they are not supported.  Why should there be any differences between normal users, and elevated users in a situation such as this?  Granted, X11 has security issues, but  shouldn't Xorg be the ones handling security of X11?  Plus, not everyone has systems located in vulnerable situations, so why aren't software issues with any user looked at?

My apologies for venting, but I am tired of all the security issues with Linux lately.  Either I am having to use my SU password constantly, or I am vulnerable, and software issues aren't considered if I use them in high level logins.  What's wrong with that picture?

Best Regards,
Tom