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Distros with isolated programs? (europe.pub)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/linux@programming.dev
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I had a program sorta freeze up my system without apparently using much resources and its something I have seen a lot in windows and it not happening as much in linux but it does happen. That made me wonder if a system that isolated it more would prevent that. So I guess two questions. Im curious about any distros that isolate the non os programs more and also if anyone knows if this actually would stop what I see happening (my theory is maybe it makes some sort of micro ask for resources that bogs down the system but im not really sure why it happens or for sure which program did it.)

OQB @HubertManne@piefed.social

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[–] 13 points 11 months ago (1 child)

That can happen in any monolithic kernel OS. So basically you have two choices: a) Microkernel OS like Redox (still alpha) b) Hypervisor OS like Qubes.

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    • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    I see this often with the firefox memory leak and containerizing it wouldn't resolve the issue, as it's literally freezing due to running out of system memory. Try to make a distinction between a frozen app and a systemwide exhaustion of resources.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    If that's the reason for things freezing up, the OOM reaper will come along and sort it out eventually, although it isn't exactly quick on its feet.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    Waiting an unknown amount of time to be able to use your computer again is not viable.

    I've dealt with this issue across distros and flavors for years and simply accept that using Firefox on Linux the way I use it requires a regular reboot.

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    • [–] -2 points 11 months ago

    Fedora silverblue or another immutable distro maybe?

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