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15 Oct 2014, 4:03 am

How do I change CPU settings in the middle of a program on Linux? I'm using Ubuntu 14.04.

I'm trying to run a game (Ghostbusters: the Video Game) through Wine and, in order for it to run properly, I need to adjust the CPU setting to low priority. In Windows, this is just a matter of Ctrl+Alt+Del to bring up the task manager, but is there a way that I can do it on Linux either through the command line or by bringing up a GUI menu?



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15 Oct 2014, 4:38 am

You should maybe google for "renice". (Perhaps add "linux" to get less hits.) Also see here:

Wikipedia entry on "nice"

Could this help?



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15 Oct 2014, 4:55 am

What I'd really like to see is a way to invoke a task manager on Linux using ctrl+alt+del, especially for killing hard-locked applications, even if all it does is invoke Xkill. Goodness knows how frustratingly unstable Linux can be when you're trying to do something that doesn't involve simple web surfing or word processing.

On a similar note, I also think it would be really cool if someone figured out a way to bring up the XFCE menu using the Windows key.



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15 Oct 2014, 4:59 am

Google found this:

http://www.clausconrad.com/blog/using-t ... ation-menu

Just tried it out, worked for me.



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15 Oct 2014, 5:00 am

mr_bigmouth_502 wrote:
Goodness knows how frustratingly unstable Linux can be when you're trying to do something that doesn't involve simple web surfing or word processing.

Allow me to make a case for running Debian Stable. It is rock solid, also under heavy loads.



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15 Oct 2014, 5:28 am

My problem is that instead of leaving the settings be like I'm supposed to, I muck around with customizing the UI, trying to shoehorn Windows apps in with Wine, installing weird packages... I'm amazed I haven't gotten around to compiling a custom kernel yet. :P



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15 Oct 2014, 5:41 am

mr_bigmouth_502 wrote:
What I'd really like to see is a way to invoke a task manager on Linux using ctrl+alt+del, especially for killing hard-locked applications, even if all it does is invoke Xkill.


With a little magic in /etc/inittab's configuration, I don't see why you couldn't.



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15 Oct 2014, 6:32 am

mr_bigmouth_502 wrote:
What I'd really like to see is a way to invoke a task manager on Linux using ctrl+alt+del, especially for killing hard-locked applications, even if all it does is invoke Xkill. Goodness knows how frustratingly unstable Linux can be when you're trying to do something that doesn't involve simple web surfing or word processing.

On a similar note, I also think it would be really cool if someone figured out a way to bring up the XFCE menu using the Windows key.


think you have to edit the Xfwm4 key bindings ;
default.keys/keythemerc usr/share dirc