Shutting down Linux

[Janina Sajka]

Well, and if it's a poprtable, you really want to use suspend and not shutdown. Today's better portables should just do this automatically when you close the lid.

Ann Parsons writes:
> Hi all,
> 
> You can type powerdown, but you still have to log on as root and you
> still have to wait for the system to go through its shutdown routeen.
> What's the problem, you so much in a hurry you can't wait three
> minutes while a system shuts down properly so you don't lose files or
> have processes shut down improperly?  Good heavens, even in Windows
> you can't just turn off a computer like you used to in DOS.  You have
> to use the start button, then you have to type the u then you have to
> make sure that the radio button is properly checked, then you have to
> hit enter, finally, you still have to wait for the system to go
> through its shutdown routeen, yes even in Windows you have to do that.
> I surely hope you haven't been just turning off your windows computer
> at the switch???  Where's the rush?  Where's the fire?
> 
> The reason Linux makes you log in as root to shut down is because it
> assumes you want to keep the system running all the time because you
> have multiple users.  It assumes that you want to have the system
> available for all users, and the reason you have to be root to shut it
> down is so that a common user can't shut things down.  
> 
> I repeat, where's the rush?  Have we become so frantic in our lives
> that we can't take the time and care to shut down our computers so
> that our data is saved and protected, not to mention the hardware? 
> 
> Ann P.
> 
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