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That's it! I'm switching to Linux! I've been lied to for too long. lol I can't believe I am just learning this little fact... this explains a lot for me! +1
– unknownprotocol
Commented Aug 5, 2016 at 8:34
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Another option is to hold Shift while clicking the shutdown.button. This also performs a "real" shutdown.
– Jakube
Commented Aug 5, 2016 at 8:59
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Incidentally, if you dual-boot, windows does close off properly when you call for a restart, but uses hibernate functionality when you do a shutdown, and linux' NTFS drivers will refuse to mount a hybernating windows drive. Something to be aware of.
– Shadur-don't-feed-the-AI
Commented Aug 5, 2016 at 11:12
@Shadur that bothered me for months and months until I finally figured it out!
– AmazingDreams
Commented Aug 5, 2016 at 14:04
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More specifically, you can only mount hibernating Windows drives as read-only in Linux without using dark majicks.
– Schism
Commented Aug 5, 2016 at 16:24

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