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Example 2-6
Changing Priority nice
Linux gives different priority for cpu usage to different programs. Users can downgrade their priority of their programs to be nice to others. This is a critical action if we are running a very time consuming program on a public computer. Not reducing the priority of your time consuming program may induce conflict of interest in using a public computer. So the best way is to reduce the priority of your time consuming to the lowest level using the command nice. You can check the priority of your programs using the top command.