Not to be confused with the root user account you'll see later.

ENGADGET: A guide to Slackware and Arch Linux: getting your hands dirty with Linux

The urbane activity with which a man receives money is really marvellous, considering that we so earnestly believe money to be the root of all earthly ills, and that on no account can a monied man enter heaven.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Moby-Dick'

The root user, by the by, is the system administrator account, something we'll also discuss in more detail later.

ENGADGET: A guide to Slackware and Arch Linux: getting your hands dirty with Linux