Lets clear up some misconceptions

[Brian Densmore]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Kelsay
> [snip]
> You are aware of your ability under Linux to switch another 
> TTY and shut 
> down the offending process?  Or remotely do so?  It may not work very 
> practically on my old hunker of a laptop, but on a decent desktop or 
> server it would be a life saver.  If the WM freezes for some 
> reason, you 
> can Ctl-Alt-Bksp and kill X and the WM.  You knew that didn't you?
Unless the process locks up the keyboard. 
Which I have had happen several times.
Just because it's open source doesn't mean it can't crash and leave you
with no option but to hit the reset button.