One example: "this directory is not owned by you" affecting users in 2 ways: 1. Users of distributions which file system is 90% owned by root, thus forcing them to use root if they legitimately want to use a software installing things in the tmp directory (in some distributions owned by roots). 2. Some people on dual system placing their documents on a Windows partition on FAT system. Please don't tell me that FAT is more than old - it is. However as long as I am not 100% free of dual booting on Windows, I have to save my documents somewhere that they can be saved and reached on on both sides. ntfs is not possible at the moment and Linux partition is not seen on Windows. When I am using Trados, I am not duplicating the translation memory. It is saved on a fat partition and I can at any time reuse it from the Trados installed on Windows. Using Wine as it is would have not let me using the same file for both instances and duplicating the memory goes against the purpose of the software (always finding old translated units). If I would have not found the way to remove this limit, this would have let me to either forget about using Wine or using it as root because otherwise I would only access what is on /home/username. For this reason, If I had a button in Winecfg for "permit the root ownership for z:/tmp or z/windows/", this would help people using java or a windows partition not having to use root. Using root is also a misconception that a software HAS to run as root to function. Trados under Windows known to have to be installed/used as admin or it doesn't work properly. It is not that the newbee is meaning it badly - he is just making what he does under Windows.
