rooting?

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ok the subject maybe a little mis leading but i'm guessing this question has probably been asked loads of times before.
i know linux well and am wondering is rooting an android device just the same as having root access on linux so your just logged in as super user?

yep, pretty much the same. allows you to use basic commands thanks to busybox on most ROMs and you can also chroot into a debian ARM installation so you can use debian commandlined, or even with a vnc server