From: Fergus James HENDERSON (fjh@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU)
Date: 02/13/93


From: fjh@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus James HENDERSON)
Subject: Re: linux OS
Date: 14 Feb 1993 04:58:36 GMT

torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Torvalds) writes:

>You can see it in action by putting a lot of CPU-bound processes
>in the background, and edit a file: you don't necessarily notice any
>delays while typing.

Unfortunately, however, if you put a lot of *memory-hogging* processes
in the background, and edit a file, you don't necessarily notice any
*response* while typing - at least not for a while :-)

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Fergus Henderson             fjh@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU      
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