Ken Elliott wrote:
>>> My confuser crashes several times a day, always has, most any image
>
> viewer will do in within 2 or 3 minutes. (it's because I am running dozens
> of applications,
>
> I suspect you have defective RAM, or another issue. My Win2K box has not
> crashed once all year long. Ditto with my Linux boxes. My XP box did, but
> that is clearly due to the wireless drivers.
>
> I'd look into it. This should not happen, no matter how many apps you run.
>
> Ken Elliott
>
While I agree, it sounds like there's a hardware issue, it *is* possible
to crash a Linux machine due to load. From what I understand, a Linux
kernel that runs out of memory (and swap) melts down in a most
unpleasant way. This may have improved over time, but I believe there
are still issues.
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