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[Alan Milewczyk]

On 09/11/2014 11:18, C E Macfarlane wrote:
> True, you can do that, but ...
>
> 1)	It is mainly the calling of external programs that causes stuttering to
> other processes
>
> 2)	I often forget to start get_iplayer with nice, and it's nice to have the
> fallback position of the worst offenders being controlled anyway.
>
>>      If you want that, why wouldn't you just start get_iplayer
>>      with nice anyway?
>>
>>      i.e. nice -19 get_iplayer ....
You and a few others have mentioned "nice" in the last few days. I've 
never heard of it before. What is it and what are its benefits?

Alan