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    [–] [email protected] 104 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

    I have a, honest to goodness breaks the electron flow, power switch for a reason, the shutdown command was a warning not a request.

    [–] [email protected] 69 points 2 months ago

    the shutdown command was a warning not a request.

    Such wise words.

    [–] [email protected] 47 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Love it or loathe it, systemctl is trying to do the right thing with regard to stability and data preservation.

    If you really mean it, the manual offers a few levels of strength beyond the plain one: -i (don't check for busy processes, which is what's going on in the meme), -f (force, presumably asks even less nicely), and -f -f (don't even ask, just do it now, preservation be damned).

    [–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

    It should give you the option to abort the shutdown and sort out whatever process it is though! Or at least let you kill it manually from the shutdown terminal. I know you can technically do that with the emergency shell but I don’t like leaving that enabled. Thankfully I rarely get this issue anymore anyway

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

    You can do that to Windows. They may have gotten better, but I know that my friend that ran Debian Unstable back in the late '90s-'00s swore that if he didn't properly shut down the machine every year or so, it would mess up his build.

    [–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

    Runs debian unstable. Shuts down his machine every year or so.

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

    For Debian, "unstable" just means "not running a five year old compiler".

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago
    ps -ax -o pid | xargs kill -9
    
    [–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

    I feel the same way when I use my turn signals. I'm not asking.

    (assuming of course it's safe to follow through)