[HowTo] reboot / turn off your frozen computer: REISUB/REISUO

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@Nachlese Thanks for responding to @jawanari .

In the meantime, the tutorial has been adapted so it’s more clear as to what to do for the next person (I hope).

@jawanari

Anyway, I am just impressed by how hidden these solution is given that the risk of not knowing it (broken filesystem due to repeated hard shutdown) can inflict the victim a deep grief.

@jawanari

If I had not had this frozen boot issue, I would not stumble upon this tutorial

But you did and you did!

@jawanari

The point is, any plan to fix it in future updates?

No!

1. It’s one of the reasons Linux is so blindingly fast: EXT4 is less prone to defragmentation than NTFS, but OTOH it doesn’t like running out of power.
2. You’re talking to the wrong people to fix that, go talk to this guy

@jawanari

someone whose machine-LinuxOS combination happens to suffer from the frozen boot symptom is almost fated to have some small parts of his system broken due to him being forced to hard-reset,

No-once forced you to do anything! Linux is not Windows, so go read this:

[HowTo] become a Manjaro power user when you're a wizard at Windows but a N00b at Manjaro / Linux

Difficulty: ☆☆☆☆☆ Remember when you installed your very first Windows, added bells and whistles and then couldn’t see the wood for the trees any more and had to re-install? Well, you’re in the same situation now: You’re a N00b again! Embrace it! I know right now you’re thinking:

Why is this so much more difficult than Windows?

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Whereas in 6 months time, you’ll be like:

Why can't I make Windows jump through fiery hoops like I do with Linux???

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All of it!