jarrod roberson wrote:
> On 3/4/07, Kenneth Porter <shiva@sewingwitch.com> wrote:
>> --On Wednesday, February 28, 2007 11:51 AM -0500 Jing Xue
>> <jxue01@digizenstudio.com> wrote:
>>
>> > But "I don't care and I just want to do my work", while being right in
>> > principle, cannot be used to excuse the _necessary_ learning effort.
>> >
>> > Why do people - including grandma - need to remember to shutdown
>> > Windows[1] before turning off the computer? Why can't they just turn it
>> > off when they are done just like they would a TV?
>>
>> Think oil changes on a car. How many know *why* they're supposed to
>> change
>> oil? It's just a mantra that dealers and their driving teachers tell them
>> to do, or the car stops running. Computers are not TV's, just like
>> cars are
>> not TV's. They all operate with different maintenance regimes.
>>
>
> not all computers need to be "shutdown"
> the rusty old Amiga was just happy as pie to be turned off with a
> power switch with no ill effects to anything. :-) If I recall BeOS was
> just a happy being turned off when you were done. Then again my Macs
> run for MONTHS without needing to be turned completely off or
> rebooted. My Windows machine is pretty much just for games and it
> stays turned off most of the time anyway. :-)
>
> just because Windows has stupid dogma requirements doesn't mean ALL
> computers need the same.
>
>> > ... Why can't they just turn it
>> > off when they are done just like they would a TV?
Well, they can. Using FC6.
I have fedora core 6 install on my DELL laptop.
When I press the power button (to turn off the computer) the screen turns black
and eventually turns off.
What is happening in the background (which you can see if you press a key like
[control]) is that the fc6 linux OS is shutting itself down gracefully.
So yes, you can just press the power button on the computer to turn if off just
like you would a TV.
Just make sure you use Linux.
-RG
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Received on Fri May 18 19:43:25 2007