Comments by "Anony Mousse" (@anon_y_mousse) on "GNU su Bizarre History With The Wheel Group" video.

Well, back when I was in high school I was part of the first computer class dealing with all the garbage that we were learning. It was all Windows specific garbage and we were using WinNT. All of us in that class were the ones to setup the computers for the whole school. Pull them out of boxes, connect all the wires and plug them in, install the OS and connect them to the network. We all had the admin password and they didn't care what we did. Someone installed a bunch of games and eventually the network administrator changed the rules and revoked our access. As far as permissions go on Linux, I've always found them far easier to setup, and a simple boot disc with the network cable pulled was all you needed to change the password, regardless of what the kids changed on the system and thus taking it back wasn't hard. Once they're locked out, you don't make the foolish mistake of giving them sudo or su access and install things they request for them, if it's reasonable. Only lazy network administrators give out the root password or enable sudo.
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@terrydaktyllus1320 That's pretty cool. My first OS was in middle school with some version of DOS that I can't remember now. It wasn't until high school when my brother went to college that I was able to download my first Linux. He had cable at his apartment so every time I was there I downloaded a new distro. I've got a whole box full including Slackware 6 and on. I've always found it infinitely easier than Windows.
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