Linux is so cool!

[Gustavo Seabra]

On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 11:05:27 -0500, David Liguori <liguorid at albany.edu> wrote:
> Doug Stewart wrote:
> > Paul Howarth wrote:
> >
> >> Stephen Costigan wrote:
> >>
> >>> Linux is so AWESOME man! The only thing that bugs me is there's no
> >>> shutdown button. How can I reboot or turn off computer? Everytime I
> >>> install software, it never asks me to reboot. I'm an expert Windows
> >>> user and I was working as an IT Manager until recently, so I know alot
> >>> about computers. I just need to know how to turn this thing off!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Log out.
> >>
> >> Having logged out, there should, on the login screen, be an "Actions"
> >> (I think) menu you can select "shutdown" from.
> >>
> >> Alternatively, from the command line, as root, try:
> >>
> >> # /sbin/shutdown -h now
> >>
> >> Paul.
> >>
> >
> > This is just a guess, but I think Stephen was joking.
> >
> > At least, I _hope_ he was...
> >
> Well, if the guy is using KDE, last I checked, it might not be quite as obvious.  But my impression also is that he is yanking our chains.  The bit about not being asked to reboot sort of gives it away.
> 

That's only true if you are using the KDE that comes with Fedora. If
yoy upgrade it from the kde-redhat, and use KDM, when you click the
"Logout" button it actually gives you the options:

o Log Out 
o Turn Off
o Restart
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o Cancel


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