RE: Shutdown/switching computer power off automatically ?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darren Wyn Rees [SMTP:merlin@netlink.co.uk]
> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 10:30 AM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Shutdown/switching computer power off automatically ?
>
> I've noticed that Linux Mandrake 7.2 is the only Linux distribution
> I've come across that actually switches off my (ATX) computer after
> shutdown.
>
That's because Linux-Mandrake has a different focus to Debian GNU/Linux
(just look at their names).
Mandrake's focus is to have as many things working out of the box for most
users, even if it breaks some users systems completely or causes minor
security holes, etc.
AFAIK APM can cause some machines to hang on boot-up.
Debian does not enable it by default as the Debian guys would like Debian to
*work* on as many hardware configurations as possible out of the box.
Mandrake enables it by default, because they want as many *features* working
on *standard* hardware as possible out of the box.
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