You may know, that a hardware reset is a bad idea. But when your linux is frozen, and ctrl+alt+del has no effect, this is what you should do as next. Works every time.
To trigger a safe reboot hit this combo:
Hold <alt gr>+<print> and then hit the following chars: reisub
With REISUB the…
Sometimes, hitting ctrl+alt+PrtSc+k (this kills the X-server) will do the trick as well. It’s a much milder way, of unfreezing one’s computer. 😉