RFE: Restart option inside Gnome Shell

[Michael Cronenworth <mike@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

During the first week of February, I had downloaded a Fedora 15 nightly 
Live CD ISO. After booting into the Live image from my USB stick and 
testing some of the new Fedora 15 features, I desired to restart my 
computer and return to my Fedora 14 installation on my SSD drives. Upon 
searching throughout the Gnome Shell I found no option to restart. I did 
not want to shut down my computer. I felt trapped in Gnome Shell.

I request a restart option in Gnome Shell. A restart option has been 
necessary functionality for computers since before I was born.

If usage cases are necessary I will provide a few below:
-Reinitialize hardware that has frozen
   Some USB devices or PCI-based devices lockup and require a restart to 
reinitialize.
-Live CD images.
   Users running Fedora temporarily do not need to shut down and power 
off the hardware. A Restart is the only option necessary.
-Software updates
   Kernel updates require a system reboot. I do not need to shut down 
and power off my hardware to perform this.
-Customer support
   When dealing with less-informed computer users, it is sometimes 
necessary to walk them through a restart of the system. They do not need 
to power off the hardware (and sometimes they do not know how to power 
on their hardware).

Thanks,
Michael

P.S.
I realize there is the "reboot" shell command, or "shutdown -r" command, 
however, this is a non-aesthetic solution.
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