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Hello Wayne - 

WC>>> Creating a user account other than root gives you a huge
WC>>> security advantage at trivial difficulty. 

WC>>> It's also very easy to crash your system as root user or
WC>>> otherwise make a huge mistake. 

WC>>> Very powerful O.S. 

->> The terms "root", "root user", and
"rootkit" may have
->> little to no meaning to a Windows user. :-) 

WC> Point taken. Just a matter of permissions as to how much
WC> you can alter or damage the system if at all. 

WC> Rootkit is basically a trojan that allows remote access and
WC> complete control of your system if you're neglegent enough
WC> to operate as root and thus allow it in. 

WC> I've never done anything destructive to the O.S. as a user
WC> however I clocked, and later fixed, an MBR with Linux
WC> operating as root. 

I don't recall ever trashing a Linux install but that floppy
was horribly mangled after I forgot to un-mount it before I
shut down the system. 

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