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Stop spreading this lie. Linux has a more graceful shutdown process than Windows ever did. It doesn't abruptly kill everything.
Unless you told him to do so. ๐
Well, I don't know whether it's by default, but systemd does so - if the program doesn't close in a timely manner (or there is an exception configured)
Windows has something called the ShutdownBlockReasonCreate API which enables apps with long running operations to prevent a shutdown to avoid corruption or losing work.
Is there an equivalent for Linux? When used appropriately, it makes shut downs even more graceful.
Systemd has something like this. I don't know if the kernel itself does.
I don't know the technical details, all I know is that if I click Shut Down while I have unsaved work open, it tells me about it and doesn't just kill everything.