The menu has options to lock the screen, log out and shutdown, but there isn't an option that allows me to switch to a different user. Is there another way to do that or, even better, is there a way to add that option to the global menu? I am using Ubuntu 11.10.
Ubuntu – No menu option to “switch user” in Cinnamon desktop
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The removal of the Restart menu item was a deliberate design decision - and to enforce this the developers actually removed the code...
Thus - the gconf/dconf entry...
... is actually a redundant entry that should have/but hasnt been removed.
To get the restart menu option back you will need to download the source code (oneiric v0.3.7 at the time of writing this) and to add back the code that was removed...
Fortunately #post11 of the bug report gave some example code of how to make the menu option reappear. If you want to go down this route - you'll need to manually merge in the changes since the diff patch no longer marry up with the current code content.
Happy compiling :)
Best Answer
One suggestion is to create either a favourite shortcut in the main menu or a panel shortcut.
To do this, use
alacarteto create a shortcut to the commandgdmflexiserverLogout and login
Then search for your shortcut:
Right-click the menu item and choose one of the options as shown.