Okay, the one thing I really don't like about #Linux so far is that it absolutely refuses to save me from my own stupidity.
Write an infinite loop or stack overflow into your program by accident?
On Windows, the program hangs. You kill it with the task manager and fix the problem.
On Linux, you apparently have a very short window before the problem spreads and locks up the entire OS, requiring a reboot.
In general, the ability for individual apps to degrade the performance of the entire rest of the system unchecked is a real downer.
@LouisIngenthron That is very likely just the window manager hanging. The OS is probably fine. As mentioned in another reply, ctr-alt-f# can get you to a terminal.
Crtl-alt-backspace, maybe twice, can restart the display manager and get you back to a fresh start with the UI.
It may be good to setup SSH server on the machine so you could remotely login.
Good luck!
