Restarting Xserver from cli

[Mario Vukelic]

On Wed, 2009-03-18 at 00:18 -0500, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
> Bending over too far backwards to accommodate Windows users, Ubuntu
> may have shot itself in the foot with that one.  I might have to
> consider going back to Debian unstable.
> Sheesh, if I'd wanted windows I'd have stayed with Windows.

Consider how ugly it is for someone to lose data due to accidentally
hitting a key combo that is (a) undocumented for all intents and
purposes as far as non-experts are concerned, and (b) terminates all
open applications without giving the user a chance to save.

In reality, Ctrl+Alt+Bspc always was a usability nightmare. If Windows
had something like this it would be roasted over an open fire, and
rightly so.

IMHO changing the default was the correct decision. OTOH I have no idea
why people get so worked up about this, the last time I had to kill X
was several years ago.