> Doesn't the niceness level adjust the timeslicing
> used, or is that controlled by something else?

	Best is to ask Google  :-)

http://www.samspublishing.com/articles/article.asp?p=101760&rl=1

> I have seen user
> processes run away with a Linux kernel to the point the machines becomes
> nonresponsive on the network

	I've faced litterally frozen desktops mostly when an user app started to
swap like hell because of too high a memory demand.

	- NC

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