4 Easy Ways To Get Yourself Out Of a Ubuntu Crash. When I say crash, it simply means that the whole system freezes and does not respond to any keyboard or mouse input.
There are many reasons that can cause Ubuntu to crash. It could be due to hardware incompatibility (especially ATI/Nvidia graphics cards), a software conflict or when you run too many memory intensive applications at the same time.
Basics. Distros. Gedit.