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by th0114nd 2214 days ago
You should check out xkill, which transforms the mouse into the window killing button
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That just tells the server to remove the window and break the process. If it’s really stuck it’ll keep spinning in the background.
It turns the cursor into a little skull and crossbones. I remember using it quite often 20+ years ago, not so much these days.
Yeah, last time I used it was in 1996 on AIX running on IBM RT PC.
I gave it a go today and it's now red 8)