• @[email protected]
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    365 months ago

    I want my power button to cut off the power instantly. I want my log off button to be instant. Add any delay and I start pulling cables!!!

    I got to go, lock this computer, so I can do a thing! Oh shit, its not locking… fuck… Security says I can’t leave a unlocked console… POWER!

    Adding needless friction is terrible! Don’t do it.

    • Rob Bos
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      205 months ago

      At work, when I did desktop support, the number of people who would just hit their power bar when they left every day…

    • @[email protected]
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      115 months ago

      Is that bad for the computer? Because I didn’t even think about this in a corporate environment until your comment. All our employees would be pulling cords or batteries, they all march out at exactly 430.

      • @[email protected]
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        165 months ago

        any unwritten data would be lost, perhaps some file system updates get out of sync, but it shouldn’t be a big problem.

        • Justin
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          115 months ago

          It is very easy to corrupt files doing this.

    • @[email protected]
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      65 months ago

      Win+L to immediately lock a windows machine. You can get the logout dialogue with alt+F4

      • @[email protected]
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        15 months ago

        KDE Plasma uses largely all the same shortcuts as windows. The most important ones in my opinion being super+arrow keys to move and tile windows.