Hey rickenbacherus, you should be proud of me - I have stuck in my "user" account for more than five days now - done apt-get installs, removals, checked system configurations, and made changes to "root" only files - all from within my "user" account

Markus, I did your idea - I created a "root shell" on my taskbar, and then went through the konsole desktop file and changed the schema to what you suggested.

Now I have about three konsole shells running, most all the time, two for "user", and one as "root". I do my apt-get and system stuff through the "root" konsole, and the two "user" konsoles are used for starting apps, the second one is for xkill - since my ALSA is being a pain in the rump - still trying to get it working, but - I fire off XMMS and it locks everytime, so the second konsole "user" window is a fast way to run xkill, and get rid of the locked-up XMMS...

I'm learning here, and, I think I am growing, as well - maybe in a few years of working with this, I may be a "seasoned pro" at all of this

[giggle]
Cuddles