--- In [email protected], "highskywhy@..."  wrote:
>
> 
> 
> Problem 6: Small questions
> Good morning
> What is the difference in the taskmanager
> between
> kill
> and
> terminate?

Graphical programs are often just front ends for terminal applications. In a 
terminal type:

man kill

kill is probably kill -9 and terminate is likely kill -15


> *
> Today the firefox was blocked.
> I started a new terminal:
> pidof firefox
> 
> task id  1234   5678
> kill 1234
> kill 5678
> But the tasks continued running.
> How can I stop firefox?

Try:

killall -9 firefox

Type:

man killall

for more information.

> 
> 
> 
> Regards
> Sophie
>




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