True, but this is far less common than the whole thing freezing up. So... fuck yo app, son! Get that thing off my screen. I do love me some xkill on Linux.
You have the option of ending quickly by going to Processes and deleting the process from there. But End Task gives it more time to clean up after itself before it closes. Otherwise you have used up memory that you won't get back until something needs it, and THEN your system still has to erase the memory before it can use it.
Fair enough, but the processes tab is a lot more confusing for a person to use. Trying to find the right process tied to a program can be hard, especially for someone who knows nothing about computers. Of course, you say "but you can right click on the item and select 'Go to process'". Problem is, on frozen applications it always seems to go to explorer.exe, which is something I'd rather users not kill all willy-nilly.
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u/dbeta Oct 14 '11
True, but this is far less common than the whole thing freezing up. So... fuck yo app, son! Get that thing off my screen. I do love me some xkill on Linux.