can I set programs requiring root access to not require it?
 

If a program requires the root password and I don't want to bother with passwords (I don't, since I am the owner and the only user), can I use the root account to prevent myself from being asked for a root password in my user account? The last password screen that made me think of thisquestion was Synaptic, but I am asking if I can do this for anything--bypass passwords while staying out of the root account. I know I can click "Keep password," but I'd still like to make passwords unnecessary.

If you want to go about creating new launchers for some of your applications, one thing you can do is set up Sudo to that it doesn't ask you for a password every time it's run.

Just add this line to your /etc/sudoers file:
Simple as that - then you can use new launchers set up to run "sudo [command]".

Alternately, you could exact the same amount of effort and set up a keyring manager.

Set up your /etc/sudoers file to allow you to use commands you commonly use that require root authority. Then you can use the commands without having to enter a password.