Ubuntu Software and guides Automatix -- automated gui installation script for non-free packages EasyUbuntu -- installation script for non-free Instructions Why no root? sudo passwd root Installation history 2005-06-17: Installed Kubuntu 5.04 on Gubbio, using the plain install CD.  Two issues:  you need to download gpm (which didn't work) and wajig using the "universe" repository (uncomment in /etc/apt/sources.list), and you need to create a user root, sudo passwd root.