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Linux desktop frozen? My 5 go-to tricks to try - before forcing a hard reboot
On the rare occasion that my Linux desktop freezes, I have a few tricks up my sleeve that keep me from having to do a hard reboot on my machine.
ALLVISIONN / Getty Images If your Linux desktop freezes, don't panic; there are ways to fix it. Now, before I continue, I want to make one thing clear: when a Linux desktop freezes, 99.99999% of the time, it's not the kernel's fault. Essentially, this switches you out of the desktop and into a console that includes a bash prompt where you can log in with your username and password, and then run the necessary commands to troubleshoot.
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