I don't like sudo. I would rather have an actual root password and use the root account directly.

I use either sudo su or sudo su -, depending on whether I am feeling lazy and pampered and want to have my own environment or I want to use a correct and complete root environment. For the most part I just use sudo <progname> to avoid messing up a system by being root and forgetting what I am doing.

I use sudo -s and sudo -i depending on my needs...

Typing sudo -s , I gain root user without affecting my current working directory while typing sudo -i brings me instantly to /root directory.

Therefore, typing
ionrivera@it-024138:~/Documents/myscripts$ sudo -i vim test.txt
Will not result to see test.txt file on $HOME/Documents/myscript
but on /root/test.txt

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sudo su

I agree. This is why I avoid the *buntus.

BUT, if you are going to use a *buntu, then you should use it the *buntu way -- no sudo su. If you can't, then do as I do & don't use them at all. JMNRHO.

(Grin) 13 too many keystrokes?

No root account and you can't enter single user mode without rebooting... two obvious problems with Ubuntu.

Whenever I need to do something that requires root (sudo) privileges, i just use plain old sudo.
I have never (and I have been using Ubuntu since the inaugural version of 4.10) found the need to use anything else, or to enable the root account (which is not recommended in Ubuntu). There is never any real need for sudo this or sudo that or sudo whatever!
I never, and I mean never, have any problems with Ubuntu either. Perhaps this is because I follow what the Ubuntu developers recommend!

I find the lack of a root account on Ubuntu to be refreshing. Anyone who actually signs on with the root account should have the most secure box in the world, and they better know what they are doing.

Using sudo to assign temporary root privileges is much safer in all regards. Never had a problem with it, and one of the reasons I choose Ubuntu.

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When I'm doing things from the console, it really annoys me to not be able to "su -" to root. If I have several things to do at once, I don't want to put my password in over and over again, and I set timestamp_timeout=0 in sudoers. Besides, if you're careful and think about what you're doing, there's no reason to worry about being root using the console.

You're talkin' to the world's biggest cyber-klutz here.

I think as the Linux user base grows, we will be seeing more and more people who simply don't know a lot about how Linux works. sudo is a safety measure.

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For what it's worth, I actually prefer the way other distros use a separate root account instead of using sudo. However, Ubuntu uses sudo, and recommends that the root account not be enabled and used. I am fine with that though.
For every distro that I use I follow what the developers of that distro recommend. If I strongly objected to using sudo, I would simply not use Ubuntu. If I strongly objected to using a distro that has a package manager that has no dependency management, I would not use Slackware. Linux is about choice and freedom. There is a distro to match everyone's preferences.

Yes, but it would also ensure that the entire terminal window is run as root, not just the shell that it emulates.

I use Debian

1. I set up /etc/sudoers

%adm ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL

any member of adm group has full root privileges without a password using sudo

2. I use JWM window manager and have a menu section - Root
label="Files">sudo rox<
label="Term">sudo xterm<

of course the menu change is setup in /etc/menu-methods/jwm then run update-menus

so any user who is a member of the adm group can quickly get a root terminal or file manager

bit of setting up but very easy to use