http://linuxexchange.org/questions/505/is-there-a-graphical-ui-way-to-change-a-processapplication-priority<p>I am familiar with the nice and renice commands on the shell, but is there any graphical method (from the User Interface) to actually launch/run an application at a different priority level so to make it use more CPU than it would normally be allocated to it?<br /> Does the Completely Fair Scheduler introduced with kernel 2.6.23 makes this a moot point now?</p>enTue, 14 Jun 2011 11:45:02 -0400http://linuxexchange.org/questions/505/is-there-a-graphical-ui-way-to-change-a-processapplication-priority#2610<p>Please accept an answer, or provide more details on what you're looking for.</p>rfelsburgTue, 14 Jun 2011 11:45:02 -0400http://linuxexchange.org/questions/505/is-there-a-graphical-ui-way-to-change-a-processapplication-priority#2610http://linuxexchange.org/questions/505/is-there-a-graphical-ui-way-to-change-a-processapplication-priority/507<p>Install htop. It is improved top, ncurses application. Then nice/renice with F7 &amp; F8. Another option is qps. It is Qt app. Open qps find process in question, right click on process -> Renice...</p> <p>If you are using Ubuntu: System -> Administration -> System Monitor, go to 'Processes' tab, righ-click on process and click 'Change Priority...'<br> 'System Monitor' can also be started with: Alt+F2, and type in: gnome-system-monitor</p>maszynistaWed, 12 May 2010 08:58:50 -0400http://linuxexchange.org/questions/505/is-there-a-graphical-ui-way-to-change-a-processapplication-priority/507