-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Scott James Remnant wrote on 06/11/08 22:44: >... > I've always thought it would be interesting to be able to influence the > scheduler on a per process basis - and do that from the Window Manager. > ie. deliberately give the user's foreground process the "majority" of > the time, and fair schedule the rest. >...
<http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/13718/> Windows Vista does this. It also lets programs register "multimedia threads" that are then given higher priority to avoid playback glitches. <http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/vista-under-the-hood.ars/4> <http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc162494.aspx> - -- Matthew Paul Thomas http://mpt.net.nz/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkkUDdgACgkQ6PUxNfU6ecrteQCgrk/VBZjynKZmsRFZX8qdo5/l BJgAoIr08zBVftvTXpqjBQLkTJhBsv36 =UNNU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
