Why Restart & Shutdown Buttons on login screen

[Jim Cornette]

Tim wrote:
> Jim Cornette 
>> The newer version of gdm even has a clock in it. I wondered what 
>> usefulness for a clock when you only briefly are at login.
> 
> How new's "new"?  It's been there for years...  
> 
> At least one handy thing about it is that it's a simple thing to look at
> that shows that the computer hasn't crashed.
> 

I must have logged in quicker before. I overlooked it since its 
inception and only recently noticed the clock.

Using the clock as system activity indicator is a good practical use for 
the clock I guess.

Jim