Power-off stupidity remains in Fedora 17

[Aaron Konstam]

On Thu, 2012-06-14 at 12:12 +0530, Ankur Sinha wrote: 
> On Thu, 2012-06-14 at 14:35 +0930, Tim wrote:
> > It *is* a *basic* thing.  Are they purely aiming at a server market?
> > Home users *do* turn their PCs off. 
> 
> How difficult is pressing the alt button? 
> 
> I don't understand what the cribbing is all about really:
> 
> 1. press alt button
> 2. install the extension
> 3. if you use a terminal: "poweroff" works there
> 4. use a different DE
> 5. use windows/mac
> 
> Any of the above solutions will work. To avoid pressing one alt button I
> see folks typing emails discussing how difficult it is to press the alt
> button? Doesn't that require pressing more keys? So, since it isn't
> efficiency you're after, what is it?
> 

You missed the point. Of course people can press the alt button. But how
can one defend the rationality of not having power off  appear in the
basic menu?
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