--- Mattias Dahlberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, OS wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Maybe I'm feeling sensitive since my road > accident, but how come this guy > > gets nice sensible comments when he raises this > point and I just get a load > > of "there, there - maybe you should try the newbie > list. Cooker is for the > > real developers you know" type of comments !!! > > > > ;-) > > Well, I thought your points where valid. I didn't > bash you. :) > > But the thing is, my question is not how to turn > these processes off, my > question is if it's wise to have CPU intensive > programs (which the user > might not need) running at every boot. Because yes, > a lot of us do turn > our computers off during the night, which makes the > nightly cron jobs run > right after boot. It does turn a lot of new user > off, I know that. > > I thought the idea that Martin had was good. The > idea of having something > on the screen notifying the user that a cron job is > running. Perhaps an > icon appearing in the panel (an icon of the Greek > god Chronus perhaps) > on which the user could double-click to get some > info, and maybe also the > chance to remove the program from /etc/cron*. > > Regards, > Mattias
Or maybe have it delayed and run when the screensaver comes up or the cpu has been idled for a while? ===== SI Reasoning [EMAIL PROTECTED] A requirement of creativity is that it contributes to change. Creativity keeps the creator alive. -FRANK HERBERT, unpublished notes __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com
