Linux is so cool!

[Doug Stewart]

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...

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Doug Stewart
Systems Administrator/Web Applications Developer
Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Labs
dstewart at atl.lmco.com