windows:
-press button
-blue swirly screen for what feels like an eternity
-blank screen for another minute
-computer finally powers off
linux:
-press button
-(terminal mode only) prints out services its turning off and what its doing
-computer is off within 2-5 seconds every time
wtf windows?
Yeah but you still never know if there's something trying to write a file on an external drive and if pulling it out would make that program only do a partial write. But the idea that it may be the service itself causing it to not eject is plausible 🤔. Maybe I could try setting it to use write-caching (which requires manual eject) and see if it ejects easier.