so far it’s been so good! i think the only issue i’ve had with linux is that it will randomly freeze everything (usually if I try to load a tab in librewolf/chrome that’s a chonky boi or if i’m in zoom) on my laptop and i have to hard reset and i can’t figure out how to search for it because i really don’t know what causes it :(
You could try typing free or free-h in a terminal to see how much RAM you’re using. If you see swap as 0, then it means you don’t have it set up or enabled.
I don’t want to waste time explaining swap space if that’s not your issue, but if it is then you can probably figure it out with some searching or come back for help once you’ve confirmed that RAM is the problem.
oh thanks that does make sense since it happened on my laptop but not on my desktop; i only have 12gb of ram on the laptop and the swap was only 2gb so i upped it to 8gb but we’ll see if that does anything if it happens again!
I’d post to the Linux community on Lemmy or the Linux Mint support forum and someone(s) will guide you. There’s even a guide to help you gather information and ask effective questions. I’m a Linux newb so I’m not very helpful on the technical end, but let me know if I can assist.
I adore the Linux community because it’s collectively so nice. If you cock it up, someone here will help you fix it.
so far it’s been so good! i think the only issue i’ve had with linux is that it will randomly freeze everything (usually if I try to load a tab in librewolf/chrome that’s a chonky boi or if i’m in zoom) on my laptop and i have to hard reset and i can’t figure out how to search for it because i really don’t know what causes it :(
It could be you’re running out of RAM.
You could try typing
freeorfree -hin a terminal to see how much RAM you’re using. If you see swap as 0, then it means you don’t have it set up or enabled.I don’t want to waste time explaining swap space if that’s not your issue, but if it is then you can probably figure it out with some searching or come back for help once you’ve confirmed that RAM is the problem.
oh thanks that does make sense since it happened on my laptop but not on my desktop; i only have 12gb of ram on the laptop and the swap was only 2gb so i upped it to 8gb but we’ll see if that does anything if it happens again!
I’d post to the Linux community on Lemmy or the Linux Mint support forum and someone(s) will guide you. There’s even a guide to help you gather information and ask effective questions. I’m a Linux newb so I’m not very helpful on the technical end, but let me know if I can assist.