• 柊 つかさ@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    In principle, but it did never hurt anything when I just straight up cut the power so I got the feeling that I was waiting for nothing. It wasn’t like the disk wasn’t flushed yet or anything. Maybe it is good to be extra careful when restarting a server or something similar, but for desktop usage I prefer if the init system just kills everything after a few seconds so I can go with my day. Neither is right or wrong just whatever you prefer. I like a cutthroat style in general and I accept the minor risks that come with it.

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      14 days ago

      It’s not a good practice to allow immediate shutdown on a PC, as long as the OS doesn’t do checks for finished data transfers. You will lose data if SSD is not finished writing it. Yes, even with super fast SSD there might be stuff that takes seconds to complete.

    • Jumuta@sh.itjust.works
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      14 days ago

      yeah makes sense ig, i very frequently long hold the power button when i have to deal with w*ndows