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
