One can also write a shellscript for example called sd that'll have you shut it down. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cheryl Homiak" <chomiak@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 10:55 AM Subject: Re: Shutting down Linux > Why thank you, Ann!!! > I've been restraining myself from making that comment all this time!!! > If you have hand problems, I could see that the -h or -r might be a > problem, but then, you'd have other problems as well. > If you have a very slow old 386 or 486 it would be aggravating, but that > would only be the tip of the iceberg as far as aggravation; I know because > I started on an old 486 that took FOREVER to do anything. But the neat > thing was: IT WOrKED, albeit with eternity rather than time as its > reference!!! > If you really hate it that much, and you can get used to the noise if it's > in your bedroom, just leave it running most of the time. I rarely turn my > computer off and only reboot when there's a problem or I'm switching > kernels. > It's interesting, though, to hear the different ways people do it. > > > -- > Cheryl > "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup