Azért ezt kicsit túlzásnak érzem, a wiki Welcome-and-unwelcome-technologies felsorolás zárásaként:
"Security that restricts what the user or applications can do: If you need this, this is not the system for you. Trying to build in "security" only makes the system much, much more complex, cumbersome, and less fun to use, while the benefit is questionable in many cases. --> Run as root the whole time; or, at the bare minimum, have root-equal rights for the user"