RapidReboot and kexec

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

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On Sep 13, 2006, at 3:48 AM, <jeff.schroeder2 at us.army.mil> wrote:
> ...
> The only problem I see is how "Quick Restart" would be visible to the 
> user. Using kexec bypasses grub therefor bypassing any chance to boot 
> windows or an alternate kernel. This is a very common usecase that
> would frustrate many users. What would be the best way to expose a 
> "Quick Restart" option to the user?

I'm strongly tempted to say, "at the command line only". I think (time 
saved) * (frequency of use) for Quick Restart would be very much less 
than (time lost in confusion) * (frequency of use) for all the other 
options in the Quit dialog. In other words, that dialog is already a 
jumble; the last thing it needs is yet another option. :-)

> Even though its anti-HIG, would a modifier key work like for 
> Standby/Hibernate on windows XP?
> ...

That might work -- when holding down Shift, "Restart" changing to 
"Quick Restart Ubuntu". I don't see anything in the HIGs that would 
make it "anti-HIG", though it would be a little odd.

Cheers
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Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/
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