nice -n 10 emerge -u world does it with lower priority, and doesn't seem to affect other work too much.
nice is ..errr..... a nice feature On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 10:51:33 +1200 Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah but I'd actually like to USE my machine while it was compiling. =) LOL > > Simon Hansman wrote: > > >I do this every couple of days with Gentoo and I just leave the compilation > >going in a konsole in the background....it's not a big deal really. For big > >compiles like a new KDE, I just leave my pc on overnight, again it doesn't > >inconvience at all. > > > >anyway, each to their own, > >Simon > > > >On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 10:33, Jason wrote: > > > > > >>Yes but to stay bleeding edge don't you have to compile each time you > >>download a new package?? I install the latest version of cooker each > >>day. With Gentoo, doesn't that mean I'd have to comipile a lot of > >>packages each day?? Mandrake does the compiling for me with Cooker yes?? > >> > >>Cheers > >> > >>Jason > >> > >>Carl Cerecke wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Jason wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>Yes but you are forgetting the compile time!!!! > >>>> > >>>> > >>>That's the point. After you've done it once, you *can* > >>>forget about the compile time. But the performance > >>>benefits continue every time you use the program. > >>> > >>>Cheers, > >>>Carl. > >>> > >>> > > > > > > > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
