> So I'll have to create another user account to run a web browser, my mail client, a software package manager Not if you trust those things. And if you don't

> So I'll have to create another user account to run a web browser, my mail client, a software package manager Not if you trust those things. And if you don't trust them, you shouldn't be using them. > or a compiler? On my personal machine, yes, I have a separate user account for development, such as compiling programs. Creating new user accounts on a Unix machine is pretty simple.