Downgrading priority of programs

[Paul Smith]

On 12/20/05, Mike McCarty <mike.mccarty at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > When I use Azureus, my computer gets slower. Then, I thought that
> > maybe it is possible to downgrade the priority of Azureus. Is that
> > possible with Linux? And if so, how can it be done, in case it is a
> > simple procedure?
>
> I suggest you learn to use the tools...
>
> $ apropos priority
> getpriority          (2)  - get/set program scheduling priority
> glPrioritizeTextures (3x)  - set texture residence priority
> nice                 (1)  - run a program with modified scheduling priority
> nice                 (2)  - change process priority
> renice               (8)  - alter priority of running processes
> sched_get_priority_max (2)  - get static priority range
> sched_get_priority_min [sched_get_priority_max] (2)  - get static
> priority range
> setlogmask           (3)  - set log priority mask
> setpriority [getpriority] (2)  - get/set program scheduling priority
>
> $ man renice
>
> IOW, RTFM

Thanks to all. I am liking Linux more and more. Are these priority
settings also reflected on the use of Internet bandwidth?

Paul