Linux Labs· Everyday System OperationsLab 13 of 26

Process Priority with nice and renice

One CPU, three workloads, three owners. Read who has which priority, start a job that stays out of the way, calm down the process that is hogging the CPU, and find out exactly what an ordinary user may and may not change.

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In this moduleEveryday System Operations

  1. Package History, Undo, and Groups25 min
  2. Schedule Jobs with systemd Timers30 min
  3. Schedule Jobs with cron and at25 min
  4. Process Priority with nice and reniceYou are here
  5. Tuning Profiles and Performance Readings25 min
  6. Boot Targets and the Default Target30 min