Game crash/Screen freeze recovery (without shell or reboot)

Posted by Asavar Tzeth on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by Asavar Tzeth
Published on 2012-10-18T10:34:33Z Indexed on 2012/10/18 11:15 UTC
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I am an old Windows PC gamer, now converted into Ubuntu (Linux) lover. I am even going so far as to attempt to replace all my games in a Windows dual-boot with Wine and it is going well. However...

Even if Linux is less prone to crashing, games, especially the windows ones (but also a few native) can crash. My problem is when this is in full screen and the computer becomes non-responsive. In Windows you can solve this with ctrl+alt+delete, but Ubuntu lacks this feature and my only choice is a reboot.

Is there any Ubuntu version of this feature?

Of course excepting the ctrl+alt+F1, find and kill process method. It is fine if you know how to do it, but too slow and difficult for the typical gamer.

I believe strongly in Ubuntu as the future gaming platform in one form or another. If this feature does not exist, then the Ubuntu team should address this as fast as possible, since it is critical for all old Windows gamers.

Thank you for your time.

Asavar Tzeth (Alias)

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