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04-22-2004, 12:24 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Apr 2004
Distribution: Debian, Trustix 2.2, NetBSD 2.1
Posts: 21
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instant off
which linux distros are safe to be shut down instantly?
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04-22-2004, 12:29 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Indiana
Distribution: Suse 6.0+, Mandrake 5.0-10.0, Redhat 6.0-9.0, Gentoo 1.2+, Gnoppix, Knoppix, Sabayon, Ubuntu 5.04+
Posts: 1,811
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None? You click shutdown, you wait for it to finish, same as any other operating system.
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04-22-2004, 12:30 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: May 2003
Location: Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
Distribution: slackware
Posts: 4,185
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is there any operating system that is safe to shutdown instantly other than
windows 3.1 and earlier ?
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04-22-2004, 01:30 PM
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Registered: Jan 2004
Location: NY, USA
Distribution: Arch, openSUSE 11.1
Posts: 170
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Why do you need a OS that shuts down instantly? A usual OS shuts down in less then a minute. I don't see the benefit of an extra min. You can always click shutdown and walk away.
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