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KDE keeps bugging out.
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Don't use killall, use pkill instead (similar syntax) or you may one day have a big surprise.
I'll try it with pkill then. Would you mind explaining the difference, please? And the "big surprise"
There are systems where killall does just that (kills all processes). If you get used to it and end up on one of those, it could end up poorly.
pkill kills by matching the process name. So that's probably what you want. You probably want to use the -HUP (hangup) signal at first (it may send that by default, not sure) before using a kill.