Why on the Earth GNOME Shell hiding Shutdown & Restart options

[Harald Hoyer]

On 26.05.2011 14:45, Misha Shnurapet wrote:
> 26.05.2011, 11:17, "Juan R. de Silva" <juan.r.d.silva at gmail.com>:
>> Could anybody explain it, why GNOME folks decided to hide the Shutdown
>> and especially Restart buttons/options from a user so well? Is it
>> especially dangerous to use them nowadays? Or GNOME folks assume people
>> do not shutdown/restart their computers anymore?
> 
> ;)
> 
> In the power management settings (System Settings - Hardware - Power), you can set your computer to shut down when the Power button is pressed. That makes your computer behave just like any other gadget you may have.
> 

Ah! Perfect! Thanks! This really should be the default!