Check what java you're using (java -version), might try a sun/oracle version if not using one already.  Also check what devices you have, and what dmesg says.  That sounds like hardware is flaky, and I've had that with various usb/pci devices over the years.  Video drivers too.

Pay attention to what apps are doing at the moment when things crash, like invoking video or sound.  I use 13.10 kubuntu at work, and it's mostly ok to use, if not for certain annoyances as well around active directory integration, but not crashing. 

I did once with a plantronics savi headset that invoked itself as a usb sound device, but also as a hid device spewing something xorg didn't like, took a xorg.d/.conf to ignore the events and device to keep the desktop from freezing when anything hit the sound device.  Sounds like yours with skype perhaps (look at pulseaudio logs for this), or probing a video camera when they init presence of devices.  Otherwise sounds like your java might suck, or the ver of office.

-mb


On 03/21/2014 05:11 PM, keith smith wrote:


I switched over to Linux on my workstation.  It is a Dell i5 w/8GB RAM.  I installed 64bit Kubuntu. 

This week is the first week I have used this box exclusively.  Some adjustments taking I was previousy on Win7. 

Interestingly enough I find Kubuntu to be less stable than Win7 and probably less stable than Win95.

Skype crashes or freezes and even when I kill the process I have to reboot to get Skype to launch and work.

Libre Office crashes often as well.

Last night I did an upgrade which I was hoping would help, however Libre Office has crashed 2 times today and I have had to go through the recovery process.  Skype just froze..... again

Is anyone else experiencing this level of issues?  

I'm excited to be running Linux.  I like Linux much better today than in 2000 when I went M$ free for 8 months.  However I am a LAMP dev and I need what works.  I need to spend my time programming, not grooming an O/S so it works properly.

Any thoughts?

Keith




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