Linux on the desktop?

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On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 03:24:40PM -1000, Cyberclops wrote:
> I would just like to have my entrie desktop to temporarily have root
> permissions if I wanted it to.  Mostly the file manager, and the
> advanced text editor, or the menue edit program, In other words I would
> like to be able to do root jobs from my user desktop.  You can do it
> with the CLI, but can you get the GUI to switch?
>
How about "su -".  Don't know about GUI switching.