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    [–] h4x0r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 hour ago
    $ kill -L
     1) SIGHUP	 2) SIGINT	 3) SIGQUIT	 4) SIGILL	 5) SIGTRAP
     6) SIGABRT	 7) SIGBUS	 8) SIGFPE	 9) SIGKILL	10) SIGUSR1
    11) SIGSEGV	12) SIGUSR2	13) SIGPIPE	14) SIGALRM	15) SIGTERM
    16) SIGSTKFLT	17) SIGCHLD	18) SIGCONT	19) SIGSTOP	20) SIGTSTP
    21) SIGTTIN	22) SIGTTOU	23) SIGURG	24) SIGXCPU	25) SIGXFSZ
    26) SIGVTALRM	27) SIGPROF	28) SIGWINCH	29) SIGIO	30) SIGPWR
    31) SIGSYS	34) SIGRTMIN	35) SIGRTMIN+1	36) SIGRTMIN+2	37) SIGRTMIN+3
    38) SIGRTMIN+4	39) SIGRTMIN+5	40) SIGRTMIN+6	41) SIGRTMIN+7	42) SIGRTMIN+8
    43) SIGRTMIN+9	44) SIGRTMIN+10	45) SIGRTMIN+11	46) SIGRTMIN+12	47) SIGRTMIN+13
    48) SIGRTMIN+14	49) SIGRTMIN+15	50) SIGRTMAX-14	51) SIGRTMAX-13	52) SIGRTMAX-12
    53) SIGRTMAX-11	54) SIGRTMAX-10	55) SIGRTMAX-9	56) SIGRTMAX-8	57) SIGRTMAX-7
    58) SIGRTMAX-6	59) SIGRTMAX-5	60) SIGRTMAX-4	61) SIGRTMAX-3	62) SIGRTMAX-2
    63) SIGRTMAX-1	64) SIGRTMAX
    
    [–] Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 hour ago

    Linux does give every application time to shut down correctly, but unlike windows, it won't wait for ages until every process is down. Linux WILL shut down in a certain timeframe, whereas windows waits for years if necessary. In my old job, we all had to use windows and I had times where I clicked shut down, turned off my monitor, grabbed my stuff, left and in the next morning, the PC was still on because Notepad refused to just close lmao.

    [–] astrsk@fedia.io 33 points 2 hours ago

    If your app doesn’t respond to SIGTERM gracefully, you need to fix your app. The system did its job as documented.

    [–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 2 points 53 minutes ago

    Personally, I find xkill quite graceful.

    [–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 30 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

    Close correctly my ass, window's priority is to piss us off.

    [–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 hours ago

    I've tried to turn a pc off to go to sleep, only to realize in the morning it's still on because some program refused to close.

    Now when I see the prompt to force close, I just say yes.

    [–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
    [–] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 2 points 8 minutes ago

    Dead processes make no log entries

    [–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 80 points 5 hours ago

    Linux gives processed a chance to gracefully close. However, it also will absolutely NOT allow a process to hang up the shutdown or restart procedure after a point. If you're using systemd (which there is a good chance you are), it'll count down. If the process hasn't stopped in the time allotted, it gets Old Yellered.

    The kernel giveth, the kernel taketh away

    [–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 33 points 5 hours ago

    Fear will keep them in line

    [–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 35 points 6 hours ago (3 children)
    [–] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 1 points 14 minutes ago

    I just use scissors, I have so many IECs laying around

    [–] lengau@midwest.social 18 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

    Great way to damage a power cable.

    [–] Psythik@lemm.ee 8 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

    Old wives' tale. I've only ever yanked power cords out of the wall and I've yet to have one go bad on me.

    [–] Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works 1 points 13 minutes ago

    The type of case that plug has in the stock photo is not coming apart without extreme violence.

    [–] lengau@midwest.social 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

    My ex: what charging cables do you have? They last forever, mine break after a year!
    Also my ex: so I got a bunch of the same charging cables you have and they all broke after a year

    [–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 8 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

    We should start clamping little handles to them.

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    [–] raltoid@lemmy.world 247 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (34 children)
    1. Linux normally does a nice shutdown as well, unless you force it.

    2. You can force it on windows if you really want.

    I'm so tired of linux memes posted/made by people who don't know much about windows or linux.

    [–] Shanmugha@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

    Oh, p-lease, can force it my ass, Linux has never failed to shutdown on me when using plain obvious GUI method. windows - can easily hang on forever as long as computer stays powered. The point of all the memes is exactly insane windows defaults, not the things that can or can't be done by someone with enough knowledge

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    [–] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago

    Except when you install ESET EFS.... may the guru save your source...

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