I recently learned these commands -- they are a wonderful thing to have around... especially with a 486! I'm an MP3 lover... and I used to suffer little breaks here and there... But I set the priority to -20 and I can use my system, and the MP3s don't "skip" when I do other things -- like saving a download in Lynx or when fetchmail grabs me my mail :) It doesn't seem like there are any "side effects" from doing this other than that input/output is a bit slower -- the typing slowdown is noticably slower. Thank God for buffers, that's for sure! :) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Michael B. Trausch President of Linux Operations, ADK Computers ---------------------------------------------------------------- ADK Computers, Walbridge Office E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------- "Scattered showers my ass!" - Noah