Ubuntu freezes randomly

[Pat Brown]

I have a problem with Ubuntu freezing for no apparent reason. It's not 
like I'm running any RAM intensive programs - this morning I had 
Konquerer open, Thunderbird and OpenOffice. Konquerer was on The Weather 
Network looking at the long range forecast, and the whole system froze. 
I can't do anything except a hard reboot. I can't even open a terminal. 
I'm fully patched. I'm on a a Compaq Presario C700, with 512 MB and1.73 
Ghz. Even when it's not freezing it often slows down and the screen will 
gray out for several seconds before coming back. When it's in this state 
I can't do anything.

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Pat Brown
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http://www.pabrown.ca/

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