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Only one very minor thing Windoze can do better than any Linux - at least as I know.
When you umount a thumbdrive in Windoze, its LED gets switched off - even when the drive is physically still connected to the USB port.

I never once saw any Linux I ever tried to be able to do so. Any idea why that is? Is that a undocumented feature of the USB thumbdrive system?

What if you use the eject action instead of unmounting?

fulalas wrote: ↑

30 Aug 2023, 19:58

What if you use the eject action instead of unmounting?

I try and report back.

Added in 44 minutes 36 seconds:
Just tried that

and sadly the result is the same: while the USB thumbdrive is now longer visible in my System, it's LED is still on.

Things depend on what the LED is supposed to indicate.
Why do you think that Windows does this better than Linux ?

burdi01 wrote: ↑

31 Aug 2023, 10:33

Things depend on what the LED is supposed to indicate.
Why do you think that Windows does this better than Linux ?

Because under Windoze it indicates when the thumbdrive is removed from the system. When the LED is off, you can safely unplug it.
In Linux you need to wait till all writing on that drive is finished and the Linux DE or virtual terminal tells you the drive is safely unmounted. Only ten you can move away from the monitor to where the thumbdrive is plugged in.

https://www.baeldung.com/linux/control-usb-power-supply
Hi, Sorry but i have only the phone to work with so..

beny wrote: ↑

31 Aug 2023, 11:34

https://www.baeldung.com/linux/control-usb-power-supply
Hi, Sorry but i have only the phone to work with so..

It is an interesting read.
Though toggle of a certain USB port, does that mean it gets auto-switched on when a new usb device got plugged into?