Gksu in 14.04?

[MR ZenWiz]

On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 1:46 PM, Peter Smout <smoutpete at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> YES! Sorry to shout but I use gksu frequently for both nautilus and gedit!
> I'm sure I'm not alone :)
>

I don't know how alone you are.  I rarely use any GUI app for which
there is a viable command line alternative.  I come from a long
command line history (pun intended) and I've found so few things I
can't do as well from the command line as in a GUI app I hesitate to
mention it.  The most prominent exceptions that spring to mind are
word processing, web browsing (which you *can* do from the command
line, as we did before there were browsers, but that's a lot of work)
and graphics manipulation (duh).

I only use the file manager when I need to copy a file across the
network from a Windows box, and that's only because I'm too lazy to
figure out the protocol for direct command access.  (For Linux/Unix
network copies, I use rsync - command line.)

I never use gedit - vi (or emacs for aficionados thereof) can do
everything I need for text editing.

No offense intended to the newer folks in the industry, but I was an
expert at the command line before there were GUIs.

> This in my book at least would warrant a mention in the release notes!

Yes, yes, yes, thank you.

> Just the two cents of someone who hasn't updated yet!!
>

And two more from one who just did.  :-)

MR