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Closing programs (infosec.pub)

submitted 22 hours ago by cm0002@infosec.pub to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 64 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Stop spreading this lie. Linux has a more graceful shutdown process than Windows ever did. It doesn't abruptly kill everything.

[–] chaospatterns@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Windows has something called the ShutdownBlockReasonCreate API which enables apps with long running operations to prevent a shutdown to avoid corruption or losing work.

Is there an equivalent for Linux? When used appropriately, it makes shut downs even more graceful.

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 minutes ago

I don't know the technical details, all I know is that if I click Shut Down while I have unsaved work open, it tells me about it and doesn't just kill everything.

[–] Bazell@lemmy.zip 18 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Unless you told him to do so. 🙃

[–] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

Well, I don't know whether it's by default, but systemd does so - if the program doesn't close in a timely manner (or there is an exception configured)