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Closing programs (infosec.pub)

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[–] folekaule@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

I have recovered many times from a broken window session in Linux by switching to a console with ctrl-alt-fN, logging in, and either killing the offending program or just rebooting gracefully.

In Windows my last resort before the nuclear power button is Task Manager with ctrl-esc or ctrl-alt-delete.