lepo-logout is a lightweight, distribution agnostic utility for GNU/Linux systems that can,
- Lock screen1
- Logout user
- Suspend system
- Reboot system
- Shutdown system
And lepo-logout doesn't require too many dependencies and resources to perform these tasks. lepo-logout doesn't even require ConsoleKit.
- YAD - YAD (Yet Another Display) is a program to display GTK+ dialogs. YAD is also known as Zenity on steroids. YAD is developed by Victor Ananjevsky. YAD is available in repositories of many current GNU/Linux distributions. If it is not available for installation via your distribution's package-manager you can download YAD from SourceForge or pkgs.org or UbuntuUpdates.
Installing lepo-logout on any GNU/Linux system is very easy. Just download lepo-logout-master zip file, extract its contents into a directory of your choice, open that directory in your favorite terminal emulator and run these two commands,
chmod 755 install-lepo-logout
sudo ./install-lepo-logout
Voila! lepo-logout is installed!
lepo-logout will be available under either Preferences or System Tools category of any Freedesktop standards compliant menu. You can easily launch lepo-logout by clicking on its menu entry. You can also run lepo-logout via your favorite terminal emulator by entering,
lepo-logout
You can also add lepo-logout to the panel for quick access. Please consult your panel's documentation on adding custom launchers. lepo-logout's desktop file is located at /usr/share/applications/lepo-logout.desktop.
Here is a screenshot of lepo-logout just in case you were interested!
Removing lepo-logout from your system is just as easy. Open your favorite terminal emulator and run,
sudo remove-lepo-logout
Kaboom! lepo-logout is removed!
If you like lepo-logout, please consider supporting it, even the smallest contribution goes a long way. It is quick & easy via PayPal, Buy Me a Coffee or Liberapay:
- Crystal Clear, GNOME, Human & Tango icon sets for the icons.
- Lennart Poettering for systemd & the name. lepo in the lepo-logout is a portmanteau of Lennart and Poettering.
This work (lepo-logout, by hakerdefo), identified by hakerdefo, is released under University of Illinois Open Source License.
1. Any one of the following will be required for the Lock Screen function,
- xtrlock
- i3lock
- slock
- light-locker
- xscreensaver
- gnome-screensaver
- dm-tool
If none of the above is installed, the Lock Screen button won't be visible in lepo-logout.