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Old 05-10-2007, 01:22 AM   #16
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Just get into the habit of using su or sudo; it's only a few letters and before long you will do su or sudo faster than anyone can click an icon in windows. An as you get more experienced, you'll find that there are many ways to set things up in such a way that su(do) is hardly ever needed.
 
  


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