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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My understanding (unless they've changed it) was that a restart is a restart because software (either the OS or 3rd party software or both) may need the computer restarted to finish installing or updating stuff.

I'd heard that a shutdown wasn't actually a shutdown, though.

[โ€“] DannyBoy 5 points 1 day ago

That's right, that's what I meant to say haha but it wasn't worded great.