Re: Usability Questions

2004-09-16 Thread Tom Allison
Ralph Katz wrote: On 09/06/04 10:20, Ed Sutherland wrote: Is there a way to shutdown my computer within Gnome or KDE without having to first log-out, then picking 'shutdown'? From your terminal window within gnome or kde: $ sudo halt # identical to, but shorter to type than, 'shutdown -h now'

Re: Usability Questions

2004-09-16 Thread Tom Allison
Ed Sutherland wrote: Is there a way to shutdown my computer within Gnome or KDE without having to first log-out, then picking 'shutdown'? (I know *nix systems are designed for 24/7, but many desktop computer users prefer shutting down overnight.) How about sleeping instead? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Usability Questions

2004-09-06 Thread Ralph Katz
On 09/06/04 10:20, Ed Sutherland wrote: Is there a way to shutdown my computer within Gnome or KDE without having to first log-out, then picking 'shutdown'? From your terminal window within gnome or kde: $ sudo halt # identical to, but shorter to type than, 'shutdown -h now' Or if you don't yet

Re: Usability Questions

2004-09-06 Thread John Summerfield
Ed Sutherland wrote: Is there a way to shutdown my computer within Gnome or KDE without having to first log-out, then picking 'shutdown'? (I know *nix systems are designed for 24/7, but many desktop computer users prefer shutting down overnight.) Did you know your system is most likely to fail w

Re: Usability Questions

2004-09-06 Thread Paul Johnson
<#secure method=pgp mode=sign> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ed Sutherland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there a way to shutdown my computer within Gnome or KDE without having to > first log-out, then picking 'shutdown'? (I know *nix systems are designed > for 24/7, but many de

Re: Usability Questions

2004-09-06 Thread Richard Lyons
On Monday 06 September 2004 15:58, Andreas Janssen wrote: > Hello > > Ed Sutherland (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > > Is there a way to shutdown my computer within Gnome or KDE without > > having to first log-out, then picking 'shutdown'? (I know *nix systems > > are designed for 24/7, but many

Re: Usability Questions

2004-09-06 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Ed Sutherland (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Is there a way to shutdown my computer within Gnome or KDE without > having to first log-out, then picking 'shutdown'? (I know *nix systems > are designed for 24/7, but many desktop computer users prefer shutting > down overnight.) If you use kd

Re: Usability Questions

2004-09-06 Thread Oliver Elphick
On Mon, 2004-09-06 at 15:13, Ed Sutherland wrote: > Is there a way to shutdown my computer within Gnome or KDE without having to > first log-out, then picking 'shutdown'? (I know *nix systems are designed > for 24/7, but many desktop computer users prefer shutting down overnight.) Ctrl-Alt-F1

Usability Questions

2004-09-06 Thread Ed Sutherland
Is there a way to shutdown my computer within Gnome or KDE without having to first log-out, then picking 'shutdown'? (I know *nix systems are designed for 24/7, but many desktop computer users prefer shutting down overnight.) Secondly, is there a debian package easing the migration from Microsoft