Forgetting to Sudo

By Andrew Miller in Reader

Posted in Linux on August 19, 2008 at 9:08 pm

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I’m not going to start my first blog post with an excessive introduction to who I am and why you should listen to what I have to say - this is the Google generation after all, go find out for yourself. My blog posts will be once a week and primarily focussed on Linux.

I did originally write a rather long winded piece as a reply to an Inquirer editorial that questioned the consumer readiness of Linux. Although I use Linux full-time on my clients and servers, I am by no means a Linux evangelist and I felt a balanced argument on this topic might solidify my standing from day one. Writing the piece ended up as several thousand words and I still don’t think I did the topic justice.

Although I’m happy to get dirty in the console writing scripts that aid my every day doings, I don’t believe in compiling anything from source. I see this as a real step backwards for computer usability and management. Many people consider editing a config file too difficult, after all.

Anyone who has found themselves stuck in the Ubuntu console for a while, will know how irritating it is to type in a command and forget to have the

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