Lock Screen Switches on the screen saver. You must enter your password to close
it. This prevents unauthorized persons from working on or playing around with your
computer during your absence.
3.15.2 Restarting or Shutting Down the Computer
If openSUSE® can use the power-saving functions of your computer, your PC can
switch to sleep mode via the Suspend item. Otherwise, GNOME oers you Power
O.... Power O... can also be accessed by holding down the [Alt] button while the
menu is open. If you call it up, a new window oers you the following actions:
Power O Logs you out of the current session, then turns o the computer.
Restart Logs you out of the current session, then restarts the computer.
Hibernate This feature puts your computer into power-saving mode. The PC con-
sumes only a small amount of electricity while in this mode. After you switch on the
PC, your work environment as you had left it becomes available again. In particular,
all documents remain open.
3.16 For More Information
Additional information on GNOME and GNOME applications can be found under
http://www.gnome.org/.
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