I see more discussion on installing, compiling, and choosing a non-Windows operating system more than actual examples of using the operating system. What do you actually do with the operating system? What do you spend the majority of your time on the operating system doing besides futzing around with the operating system itself (installing drivers, tweaking settings, etc)?
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Anonymous2006-05-09 2:21
giving the mouse and input events absolute priority does no good when when no applications are responding to it
I take you've never tried using SSH over dialup. It's one of the greatest teachers about the importance of interface responsiveness ever.
Of course it sucks if a program takes a long time to respond. It sucks even more if you're unable to point the mouse at buttons because you keep overshooting them. Like, say, the "cancel" button. HCI, man.
it will complete those operations faster.
Well shit, guys. Let's all go back to batched computing. I always knew those JCL guys were right!
try niceing your stuff.
Nicing is for idiots. Second-guessing the scheduler isn't a good idea unless you know enough about what you're doing, which 99.9% of geeks don't.