[luau] Powering Off a Linux Machine

[Eric Hattemer]

I can't remember a time when you couldn't shut down linux with a 
button.  Maybe there was a time...  But I used redhat since 6.2 or 5.0 
or something, and I could swear that KDE/gnome always had a way to turn 
it off.  But then again, now that I think about it, it may have been a 
recent release of kdm/gdm that put shutdown on the dm menu, and it seems 
kde/gnome can only shut down when their own dm is running...  I don't 
think showing people that they can put a shortcut to shutdown on their 
desktop is going to impress anyone.  Win>=2K has a shutdown command, 
same format as unix.  You could make a shortcut to that.  If linux 
didn't used to have a built-in shutdown button, then that really doesn't 
show how great it is now, it just shows how long it took it to catch up 
to windows and mac.  I know we all like to think linux is great for 
everyone and that everyone who doesn't love command prompts is probably 
stupid or something, but seriously, the lack of a shutdown button in the 
past just shows how far behind linux was in the eyes of a regular user.  
Really its these little details that really matter.  Most of linux 
catching up to windows (besides program/industry deveolper support) are 
these little things.  Things that you could program in python in like 5 
minutes if you stopped and thought about what was really missing.  Its 
kind of too bad a lot of linux developers are hardcore hackers and not 
average shmoes. 

> Regarding traffic, have you ever tried to drive I-465 North on the 
> west side in the airport expressway, I-70, 10th st. area?  It's been 
> really bad recently since 65 and 70 are closed downtown right now! :)

> --MonMotha


I'm glad LA, much like NY tends to do all its road construction between 
11PM and 5AM.  People complain about LA traffic, but in the areas I 
travel, the traffic is so much better than Hawaii.  I cruise at 75 miles 
per hour every morning on my way to work without any wories of tickets. 

-Eric Hattemer