Why does OO 2.2 easily freeze while saving? Once it happens, one can
click Launch Run Command terminal & enter mv ~/.openoffice.org2
~/.openoffice.org2_backup but even that cure begins to fail. So, what
is the next step that one may take to get freed of this hinderance? Really, should this happen?

A separate bug report containing particulars has been sent to bug-coreutil at gnu dot org