Version: (using KDE 4.2.85) Installed from: Ubuntu Packages A little annoyance: If you open a root window it uses the visual settings of the root user. The are in a ugly standard config and do not really look good. There for I would like to suggest that all visual configurations of a user (at least on a single user system) are applied to root too. Apart from may be the colour of the window frame which should be configurable in system settings and as a standard may be read. So that you always know if it is an app in root-mode.
It is hoped that KCM's will be using PolicyKit for privilaged actions in KDE 4.4, therefore this won't affect them. You should not need to run KDE applications generally as root. I do not think this has a high chance of being implemented.
*** Bug 208925 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
So there will also be no need for a root console or a root dolphin window?
Correct.
*** Bug 299946 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Thanks for the report. As Ben said, we are making all efforts to make sure you never run a graphical application as root. If there is a specific need to run an app as root, please file a bug for that so we can fix it. In general there should be no reason to.
*** Bug 295995 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***