I've used nice before, in fact the gentoo emerge system has an environment variable specifically for setting the niceness level on emerges.
I usually set it for 10, as that was the example given to me at the time. Do I take it from what you are saying that 19 is a special case? not just a bit less than 18? On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 15:18:47 +1300 (NZDT) John Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 24 Jan 2005, Nick Rout wrote: > > > hmm you mean like the "emerge openoffice" that my gentoo box at home has > > been doing all morning? > > Yes, exactly that. > > For interactive tasks you want the CPU to juggle them to present the > sleight of hand appearance that the CPU is always paying attention to you, > the most important being in its universe, obeying instantly _all_ your > commands. > > For long slow batch tasks like emerge, you want the CPU to context switch > as little as possible, since context switches are just wasted cycles, but > to obey you the Lord and Master immediately when you call. > > John Carter Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639 > Tait Electronics Fax : (64)(3) 359 4632 > PO Box 1645 Christchurch Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > New Zealand > > "The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses > between the notes - > ah, that is where the art resides!' - Artur Schnabel -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
