Afternoon Vickram,
Vickram Crishna said:
Hello
If this is a problem already discussed here, please just point me to the thread, or else do mail me directly if you have a way forward.
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Doesn't matter. Tell us if there is any specific task that makes the machine come to a crawl/freeze. I would be the last person to suggest a re-install but in your case since you have had significant reboots from a dead/frozen state it would be better to try out a complete re-install.
Instead of trying Red Hat can i suggest Debian. Lets accept that your machine isn't one of the mean number crunching monsters you would see in the market. My thought of you trying debian was cause i know even if it barfs on your hardware configuration....it would do that with grace.
PN: Ensure you do some minimum performance/system tweaking once you are done with an Install of Gnu/Linux for superior performance.
Trevor
-- Vickram