I've set up a GNU/Linux system for my folks to use and am dissatisfied
with one aspect of it: there's no good, simple way I'm aware of to shut
down the system from the window manager of choice (WindowMaker).
I've granted access w/o password, via sudo, to 'shutdown -h now'. It
would be possible to create a menu item with this command, but it would
not have a confirmation, which IMO should exist.
Requirements/preferences:
- GUI-accessed method. Preferably something I can place on the WMaker
Dock or Clip.
- Confirmation screen. I'd like a "Yes/No" confirmation dialog to
appear.
...that's pretty much it. GNOME has a log-out option to shut down,
which would be appropriate, but IMO GNOME isn't suitably user-friendly.
KDE _would_ be a great desktop, but it isn't currently available in
Debian/Stable. I'm likely headed in this direction though long-term. I
do think that WMaker plus GMC (for desktop icons for storage & a file
browser) is a pretty good, simple, desktop.
--
Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/
What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal
http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
Are these opinions my employer's? Hah! I don't believe them myself!
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