topic title: Slow desktop CPU 100%
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Dave
Joined: 20 Jan 2010
#1
Found a way to speed up your desktop when your CPU hitting 100% is normal. It is called dtboost, it is a small python script that monitors which process you are currently using and changes the CPU priority, Disk access priority, and CPU time limits, in order to give a faster desktop speed for that app.

It seems to make a noticeable difference all around in the response speed of the applications I am using. When the CPU gets closer to the 100% mark it is more noticeable, particularly with the speed lag while watching videos.

my machine to compare

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System:    Host laptop Kernel 2.6.32-1-mepis-smp i686 (32 bit) Distro antiX-686-beta1 10 December 2010
CPU:       Single core mobile AMD Athlon XP 1500+ (-UP-) cache 256 KB flags (sse) bmips 1000.87 clocked at 500.100 MHz 
Graphics:  Card S3 VT8636A [ProSavage KN133] AGP4X VGA Controller (TwisterK) X.org 1.7.7 Res: 79x23 Gfx Data: N/A for root 
Audio:     Card VIA VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller driver VIA 82xx Audio at ports e000 e100 e104 BusID: 00:11.5
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Version 1.0.21
Disks:     HDD Total Size: 80.0GB (5.5% used) 1: /dev/sda FUJITSU_MHV2080A 80.0GB 
Partition: ID:/ size: 36G used: 4.2G (13%) fs: ext4 ID:swap-1 size: 1.98GB used: 0.04GB (2%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 77.2C mobo: 2.1C 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 0 fan-2: 0 
Info:      Processes 124 Uptime 53 min Memory 138.6/231.9MB Runlevel 5 Client Shell inxi 1.4.23
The download link

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