The Hopefully Eventually Ultimate Desktop Linux Troubleshooting Guide: Recovering from Crashes and Freezes

Note: this post is part of #100DaysToOffload, a challenge to publish 100 posts in 365 days. These posts are generally shorter and less polished than our normal posts; expect typos and unfiltered thoughts! View more posts in this series. I've been using Linux as my main/only operating system for my entire life. While I would like to brag that Linux is more stable than Mac, the simple fact is that it isn’t. This is sad, because it’s great in every other way, and the bugs are mostly fairly surface-level, yet give it a patchy reputation among normal users.“Oh no! That Was The Backup…”, ¬Oil on ¬CanvasBecause I spend a lot of time in the terminal, and all my friends also run Linux, I often get called in to help when their systems have issues. Often, I fail to solve the problem, which is frustrating. So over the past few years I have taken some time to learn more about recovering from all the issues that need recovering from, and collecting my techniques. Here are some of the most useful…