<p>Though KDE is a very stable desktop environment, programs may
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occasionally freeze or crash, particularly if you are running the
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development version of a program, or a program made by a
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third-party. In this case, you can forcibly kill the program if need
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be.</p>
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<p>Pressing <b>Ctrl+Alt+Esc</b> will bring up the skull-and-crossbones
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cursor, and once you click on a window with it the program will be
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automatically killed. Note, however, that this is an untidy way of
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shutting down the program which may result in data being lost, and
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some partner processes may still remain running. This should only be
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used as a last resort.</p>