Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:26:38 -0700 (MST) | From | Derrik Pates <> | Subject | Re: Linux doing "cooperative multitasking"? |
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On Wed, 27 Nov 1996, Uwe Bonnes wrote:
> I start netscape on an rxvt-Term. I forgot to send it in the Background by > not giving "&" at the end of the command line. So I hit "^Z" on the terminal I > started netscape. Nothing happens for a long time or at all.
Control-Z stops the process, without killing it. I have done that a few times myself, but you must background the process once you have stopped it. Just type 'bg' after pressing Control-Z, and that will allow Netscape to continue.
> > Is Linux doing only "cooperative multitasking"? >
No. Cooperative multitasking is a severely broken method, which as far as I know is only used by M$ WinDog. Trusting the applications to multitask was stupid when M$ started to use it, and the people who have created and now maintain Linux would never use such a bad multitasking method.
> I know that that Netscape is broken in many regards, but anyways, i thought > that Linux is doing preemtive multitasking to cope with such broken > programs. And a "^C" on the controlling terminal is honored. >
That's always the case with X windows based programs, they work just like any other UNIX program in that respect.
Derrik Pates dpates@cavern.nmsu.edu
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