The problem is that I have a 95yo neighbour who I have set up with an
old box currently running Redhat 8 and Gnome. But the full Gnome desktop
is really too much for the box, and I would like to replace with a
lightweight desktop. I don't think that she would take too kindly to the
"log in as root, type halt" kind of instruction, so I was looking for an
alternative.
Actually the "solution" I found was not a solution after all - it merely logs out of the window manager.
I suspect I should use some kind of script with sudo and dialogue, but any suggestions would be welcome.
Might not work for you (depending on the hardware), but I used to use an ACPI script to run shutdown if the power button was pressed.
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