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From: bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: is xload insane?
Message-ID: <465@rhesus.primate.wisc.edu>
Date: 29 Dec 88 22:45:54 GMT
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Organization: UW-Madison Primate Center
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From article <8812291854.AA24373@LYRE.MIT.EDU>, by swick@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ralph R. Swick):
>> What does xload's output mean?
> 
> The Unix implementation is supposed to show the average number
> of runnable processes, as reported by the operating system.
> Other meters are possible (and probably preferable).

I prefer xcpu (ratio of user+system+nice to user+nice+system+idle) as
a more useful index of machine activity.  It's pretty easy to hack xload
to show this instead.

Paul DuBois
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