I imagine usability might've changed over time, but in my default Ubuntu DE I can't run an app as Admin via a "Run As" option. Have to delve into config files t

I imagine usability might've changed over time, but in my default Ubuntu DE I can't run an app as Admin via a "Run As" option. Have to delve into config files to change either shortcut properties or to manually create a "Run As" option. As far as prompts go - why does Chrome/Chromium prompt me on a clean install for a gpg key ring password upon every run? Is that not worse Than Vista? My point is, Linux, even at its most refined, most popular version, lags behind Vista.