I don't think that the response is appropriate. We specifically have reasons to sometimes run certain GUI programs as root, such as Nautilus and gedit.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/805682 Title: [Oneiric] Nautilus takes too long to load when opened by gksudo Status in Nautilus: Invalid Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Reproducable. Open Nautilus in a terminal with gksudo, the loading wheel spins too long, in this time user can't click on folders to open them in order to work. Nautilus opened by user via terminal immediately loads, ready to work and without any messages. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: nautilus 1:3.1.2-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0-2.3-generic 3.0.0-rc4 Uname: Linux 3.0-2-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Jul 4 22:42:48 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110423) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=C SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/805682/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp