Found a tip at makeuseof.com that allows one to get inside an installation without knowing the root password. It did change my view of security in Linux. If the author is to be believed, by default a distro does not protect against this mischief, which is find unbelievable. Read the tip here http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-reset-any-linux-password/
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After installing AVI Demux, I found that the default application handling order had been changed, so now all AVIs opened with AVI Demux and not VLC as previously. It was a minor bother that I overlooked for a long time, before I came across the Edit menu in Konqueror.
In this menu, under the Edit File type option it is possible to set the preferred file handling method. This can also be used to ensure that jpgs and pdfs are not opened within Konqueror, which I find annoying.
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