Comment 7 for bug 1250262

Trusty 14.04 is set to release April 26th and this is still an issue. Perhaps the easiest solution would be to remove the restart option from that menu and rename "Shutdown..." to "Restart/Shutdown..." or "Power Off...". While this is not a security issue or performance drain, it is something every user will notice right away. I feel that an LTS release should have these sorts of things very polished and clear.