That moment in 21st century, when random programs can still cause your whole system to freeze

@Demolishun I like how you just assume it’s Windows 😄
But how can you kill the window manager if all input (mouse, keyboard) doesn’t do anything? Yes, this can happen.

@Demolishun I use Linux at work and Windows at home. Doesn't matter much if system or wm freezes, both are annoying.

Windows wm can crash and restart even for simple stuff, like when nfs drive goes offline.

I've had more hard locks on linux recently tough.

I've had Linux completely lock up, to the point that it didn't respond to keyboard or mouse input at all. I had to force-shutdown and restart, no other option. I have had the same happen on Windows.

@Lensflare
Switch to Wayland. It has GUI-level separation, so a single application can't just swallow all the input or spy on your root shell xterm.

Windows (NT, 7, 10, 11) has GUI-level separation too by the way.
Just the good ole XOrg is architecturally broken beyond repair so hard - its major maintainers decided to make Wayland instead...