[LINK] Ubuntu

[Robin Stephens]

2009/3/14 Fernando Cassia <fcassia at gmail.com>:
>> gunzip -c scanModem.gz > scanModem
>> chmod +x scanModem
>> sudo ./scanModem
>> gedit Modem/ModemData.txt
>
> Why people insist on using sudo? is it too much work to tell the user
> type "su" enter your admin password, and then go on with the procedure as root?

2 reasons:

1. There is no root password for Ubuntu.  sudo is the prefered way of
doing admin work for this distro.

2. bring up a root shell for the purpose of running one command?
Sorry, but I can't comprehend why that is a better option.

Cheers

Robin