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Linux Mint Essentials

You're reading from   Linux Mint Essentials A practical guide to Linux Mint for the novice to the professional

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2014
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781782168157
Length 324 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Jay LaCroix Jay LaCroix
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Preface 1. Meet Linux Mint FREE CHAPTER 2. Creating Boot Media and Installing Linux Mint 3. Getting Acquainted with Cinnamon 4. An Introduction to the Terminal 5. Utilizing Storage and Media 6. Installing and Removing Software 7. Enjoying Multimedia on Mint 8. Managing Users and Permissions 9. Connecting to Networks 10. Securing Linux Mint 11. Advanced Administration Techniques 12. Troubleshooting Linux Mint A. Reinstalling Mint while Retaining Data B. Using the MATE Edition of Linux Mint C. Using the KDE Edition of Linux Mint Index

Killing processes

Processes, also known as daemons, are programs that run on your system in the background, providing a service or allowing a particular function to work. In order to view how running processes affect your system, you can use Mint's System Monitor or the top command to get a look at what's running on your system. Most likely, you will not know what the majority of them are for, and this is okay, since you're not expected to. However, if your system starts running slowly or your system's temperature starts increasing (which you'll recognize by the increasing speed of the system's fan), a running process may be to blame. If you see a process using 100 percent of your CPU, there's a good chance that it may be to blame for sluggish performance.

Developers do their best to make sure that the programs and daemons don't negatively impact the system, but the unfortunate reality is that bugs can and do sometimes happen. This is not even specific...

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