Or when you click update and shutdown and the computer just restarts.
Top 5 annoyance, happens all the time with my work machine so I have to baby sit the update before I can shut down for real and leave.
It’s hard to type
systemctl reboot
instead ofsystemctl poweroff
.shutdown -r now
VSshutdown now
The -r muscle memory is real.
I’ve typed
reboot
out of habit more than once
Lol… back in the day, it was accidentally hitting the physical reset button with your shoe… and that wreaked havoc on your UNIX system…
For those who use windows with english language.
CTRL+X, U, U.
Invoke quick menu, select power entry, select shutdown.
I forgot it since Linux solved that problem like a decade ago
Yeah, it would be such an easy fix for windows too but they “forgot” how to ui a decade ago.
30 seconds on my 15 years old machine with linux
Even worse if you’re on a potato.
F11 on my computer let’s me select which boot device to boot from, and I just turn off the computer there.
There is a power cord
Oh, way worst is “shutdown” instead of “sign out” in Production Windows server.
If your production server can be shut down via GUI button, the admin was lazy.
I wait for bios then hit the power button
It’s the computer equivalent of stopping the microwave when it’s done but hasn’t yet beeped.