Why does linux freeze?

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Permalink Reply by DTM on November 10, 2009 at 3:42pm

Have you checked your RAM? This is probably the most common cause of freezes on nearly any computer.

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Permalink Reply by IMPMAC on November 10, 2009 at 3:46pm

You got to give us more information

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Permalink Reply by Planet_Patrick on November 10, 2009 at 4:06pm

sumtimes it happens if i open acouple of programs at the same time

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Permalink Reply by JavaGuy147 on November 11, 2009 at 7:53pm

Yeah probably hardware cuz we all kno *nix doesnt freeze :P

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Permalink Reply by Chris Daniels on November 11, 2009 at 8:19pm

It shouldn't freeze but I think mint is not the best OS anyway as from my personal experience had a hard time with installing drivers for certain hardware try ubuntu if you already haven't tried it yet.

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Permalink Reply by Dust on November 12, 2009 at 2:42am

bad hardware, prolly hdd or ram

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Permalink Reply by Chris Daniels on November 13, 2009 at 6:27pm

possibly, maybe, most likely if it does that with every os then yes but if it just occurs when mint is installed then probably just a software/driver issue

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Permalink Reply by john mcdonald on March 5, 2010 at 12:39pm

I landed here because my linux mint is "freezing" up too. it happens when I stream video or audio from the net. or if I play video or audio locally. I suspected a driver, but I now believe its a RAM issue... I was getting BSOD when I had XP on this box, It seems when I dig in with memory hog apps it crashes....

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Permalink Reply by Planet_Patrick on March 5, 2010 at 1:35pm

haha, i posted this Q in 2009 :P

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Permalink Reply by Planet_Patrick on March 5, 2010 at 4:13pm

i unistalled mint :)

&

got os x

xD

stiill a fan of linux.... i wonder can linux be inalled in os x??(wit wubi) hmmm

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Boone on March 6, 2010 at 2:37am

Negative, WUBI is a Windows executable type of dealio... You can get GNU/Linux to run BEAUTIFULLY under Fusion though...

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Boone on March 6, 2010 at 2:35am

What kind of Mac are you running GNU/Linux on? I've found that running Ubuntu 9.10 on this computer (MacBook Pro 5.2) over heats the holy-sh*t out of it. I dare not run it for more than about 15-20 minute between shut-downs. The issue I have is due to driver support, could possibly be the same issue for Mint, considering it's a derivative of Ubuntu (derived from Debian). I'll look into it myself, if you have the same hardware, we can compare notes, message me with your Mac's stats.

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