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1. Principles

Even on a standalone (No network) single user Linux workstation, different things are happening in the background. Just turning the computer off may interrupt important operations and left the computer in a problematic state (or at least some subsystems). Turning the computer off may cause problems but is most cases won't. It highly depends on what is going on at the precise moment the power is removed. Here is a small list:


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