Mattias Dahlberg wrote:
> But the thing is, my question is not how to turn these processes off, my
> question is if it's wise to have CPU intensive programs (which the user
> might not need) running at every boot. Because yes, a lot of us do turn
> our computers off during the night, which makes the nightly cron jobs run
> right after boot. It does turn a lot of new user off, I know that.
Same here.. I find them annoying, even when I DO know what they are.
>
> I thought the idea that Martin had was good. The idea of having something
> on the screen notifying the user that a cron job is running. Perhaps an
> icon appearing in the panel (an icon of the Greek god Chronus perhaps)
> on which the user could double-click to get some info, and maybe also the
> chance to remove the program from /etc/cron*.
FANTASTIC idea. This would be VERY helpful. This is a feature i'd
definitely like to see.
>
> Regards,
> Mattias
V.
