The main issue is how nautilus (and any time you want to save stuff) is always run in limited mode by default. Typing passwords is a pain, but having to use terminal to open a GUI program that otherwise could be opened via a GUI menu is just plain ridiculous. I don't know why anyone would want most of their computer locked out from their use. I'm trying to get my Ubuntu to have the same user-friendliness as Windows (...ok, so I want to copy some files [say, screensavers] to Windows/system32 from my My Documents folder, would you like having to go Start->cmd->explorer.exe C:/Windows/system32 -admin <passowrd>? No. Same thing applies in other OS'es). For most users I guess it isn't necessary, but I tend to find myself trying to configure the system almost every time I use it, so I get tired of typing my password over and over again...It's kinda like how everyone hated UAC when it was implemented in Vista, it just gets annoying after a while.