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Most distributions ask you to create a 
root
 password during installation in order 
to protect that account. Even Debian (on which Ubuntu is based) has you set a 
root
 
password during installation. Ubuntu just decides to do things a little bit differently. 
The reason for this is because, unlike many other distributions, Ubuntu defaults to 
locking out the 
root
 account altogether. There's nothing stopping you from enabling 
root
, or switching to the 
root
 user after you log in. Being disabled by default just 
means the 
root
 account isn't as easily accessible as it normally would be. I'll cover 
how to enable this account later in this chapter, should you feel the need to do so.
Instead of using 
root
 outright, Ubuntu (as well as its server version) recommends 
the use of 
sudo
.