Consistency of terminology - Restart Vs Reboot

[linker3000]

There is a common Linux command line tool called reboot, which does as its name suggests.

The Cinnamon GUI has an option to Restart.

After some updates, the Cinnamon GUI Update Manager prompts that a Reboot is required.

No biggie, but can we add some consistency - there's an open bug for this matter too - open since Aug 2022 - see Refs below.

Refs:

linuxmint/mintupdate#748

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=402666
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=334813
https://superuser.com/questions/652154/what-is-the-main-difference-between-reboot-and-restart-of-a-machine

[NoVaSpikeXX]

Most common users don't understand what reboot means. They somewhat know that restart means the computer turns off and turns on. If reboot is an option they ask me where the restart button is.

[cplittlfield]

Consistency in terminology is often quite valuable.

However, the difference between "reboot" and "restart" is negligible. It's similar to the difference between "folder" and "directory" (or "Windows key" and "Super key"). Does it really matter which term we use? People generally seem to catch the meaning, either way. (Although I vote most definitely for "Super key," I don't hesitate to mix and match "folder" and "directory" in the same paragraph.)

In fact, "boot" for starting a computer has been standard terminology for well over half a century; I find it amusing that it is even possible for someone not to know that.

What I personally am not clear about is whether, in Linux-speak, "reboot/restart" means what we used to call a cold boot or a warm boot. It used to make a difference, back in the day, whether the power switch was actually flipped off, or whether the machine was restarted with Ctrl-Alt-Del. Does that distinction between warm and cold starts even apply these days?