🚀 go-pugleaf

On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 14:31:07 +0000, Andy Baxter wrote:

> On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 11:43:21 +0100, Alfs Boysen wrote:
> 
>> Tattoo Vampire wrote:
>>> Z Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>> Linux causes billions of tons of CO2 to be belched into the
>>>> atmosphere because there is no immediate, intuitive way to shut the
>>>> fucker down.
>>>
>>> My machine must be special then: logout/system/shutdown
>> 
>> Since when has the following been intuitive, fucknuts?
>> 
>> linsux:~# <blink> <blink> <blink> <blink> <blink>
> 
> You don't need to be an Advanced Intellect to type 'halt'. (works on most
> recent distros; if not you use the older command 'shutdown now -h' which
> 'halt' is a shortcut for.) Part of the point of the shell is once you've
> learnt a few of the commands, it's far quicker just to type them in than
> have to navigate through a long menu system. You can also combine the
> basic commands together on the fly by using pipes and shell commands,
> which is quicker than having to write mini programs in visual basic or
> something.
> 
> And if you install one of the GUI interfaces, then they do provide
> intuitive menu commands to log out and shut down. Most people nowadays run
> a GUI, but use the shell through an x-terminal for the things that it's
> good at.
> 
> andy.

Incidentally, a friend of mine did some tests on a laptop running windows
compared to linux, and the battery lasted half as long again under linux.

andy.

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