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| From | Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: Toward more ruly background apps |
| Date | 2011-11-24 17:12 +0100 |
| Organization | University Koblenz-Landau Campus Koblenz |
| Message-ID | <874nxtsdnv.fsf@tsdh.uni-koblenz.de> (permalink) |
| References | <2qhsc7d9ib953i1tnipa8jm7i25jbdfhpo@4ax.com> <jalo5q$1cu$1@dont-email.me> |
"Jeffrey H. Coffield" <jeffrey@digitalsynergyinc.com> writes:
Hi!
>> 4. Do Linux people fare any better? I imagine most windows users
>> have programs in the background, but they would nearly always be
>> idle. This problem is likely not high on the MS priority list.
>
> Unix/Linux has nice.
Yep, for CPU scheduling, and additionally ionice for IO scheduling. And
there are demons like verynice that can be used to automatically adjust
priorities for certain applications, e.g., compile tasks.
Nowadays, there're also control groups in the kernel that allow for
grouping processes and setting policies for them.
Bye,
Tassilo
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Re: Toward more ruly background apps Knute Johnson <nospam@knutejohnson.com> - 2011-11-24 09:18 -0800
Re: Toward more ruly background apps "Jeffrey H. Coffield" <jeffrey@digitalsynergyinc.com> - 2011-11-24 07:34 -0800
Re: Toward more ruly background apps Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org> - 2011-11-24 17:12 +0100
Re: Toward more ruly background apps Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-11-24 09:24 -0800
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