You are downloading softwares or movies in your desktop Linux , Your Internet connection is limited to GB usage. or only night hours internet is free. In that situation, If you want to turn off or shutdown your computer after the free usage time. GShutdown software is doing that task for you.
GShutdown is an advanced shutdown utility which allows you to schedule the shutdown or the restart of your computer, or logout your actual session.
Installing GShutdown In Ubuntu
You can use Synaptic Package manager or Ubuntu Software center to install this software. or download the source code from http://gshutdown.tuxfamily.org site and install manually in your system.
GShutdown is a free software under the GPL license. The graphical user interface uses GTK+2.
Features :
- Compatible with GNOME, KDE and XFCE.
- Compatible with GDM and KDM to shutdown, reboot or close the current session, without being root.
- The ability to choose a command to stop the computer (like “sudo poweroff”, for example)
- Systray icon
- Visual notifications (to warn the user that his computer is going to be stopped in a few seconds !)
- Three different ways to schedule the turn off time : « at time and date », « after a delay », « now ».