New Page in Ubuntu Help on How to Quit A Hung Application

Vincent Alexander vincenthalexander231 at gmail.com
Sat Jun 15 17:33:38 UTC 2019


Dear Ubuntu Documentation Team,

I think that it would be a good idea to add a new page to the Ubuntu
Desktop Documentation, possibly under the "Tips & Tricks" section,
detailing how to quit a hung or frozen application. I am aware that the
manual for the System Monitor already details how to do this... but I don't
think that a new user may even know that the System Monitor application
exists - much less that it is the proper tool for the job they want to do
(quit a frozen or hung application).

This new page could be titled "Quitting a hung or frozen application" and
contain a link to the proper help page under System Monitor. Sample text
could be something like this: "On the rare occasion that an application on
your Ubuntu system becomes hung or frozen, you may need to force it to
quit. The 'System Monitor' (this text would be a link to the help page for
System Monitor) application may be used to quit applications that have
become unresponsive and thus cannot be closed using the usual method."

Sincerely,

Vincent H. Alexander


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