The K Desktop Environment

2.4. Managing Processes

Kpm performs three types of process management:

Renice

Renice allows users to change the priority of their processes, as described here. By selecting Ctrl+R or Process->Renice..., users can decrease the priority of their processes. Additionally, the super-user can increase or decrease the priority of any process.

Change Scheduling

The super-user can change the scheduling of processes, as described here. This is done by selecting either Ctrl+S or Process->Change Scheduling....

Signals

Users can send any of the POSIX signals listed in Section 4.1 to their processes. Additionally, the super-user can send any of those signals to any process. Those signals are sent using Signal, as described in Section 3.1.4.