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. > > -- > Ann K. Parsons > email: akp at eznet.net > WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp > "All that is gold does not glitter. > Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
