Linux is so cool!

[David Liguori]

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.