Generally, users install LXDE environment on their Linux distros so they can smoothly run their OS' inspite of their slow hardware, nevertheless of the decrease in feature due to a different environment the bash terminal is always the most powerful option in terms of both customisability and performance. New users may experience a small bug, that can be easily fixed if you follow my instructions. The problem user's face is as follows: While shutting down in the LXDE environment the stopping service keeps running in the background, which slows the shutdown process, when you press the Escape or the Up arrow key you will see that the system allots each process a time of around 180 seconds to stop and then force stops it. The problem can thus be solved directly by changing that time as per your convenience. (like 10 seconds, maybe) This can easily done by editing the file /etc/systemd/system.conf Thus, do the following commands per line cd / vi /etc/