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The old Windows Task Manager has code in it that killed other programs to be able to start so the user could kill more programs. I don't know if this feature s
by foepys 4y ago
The old Windows Task Manager has code in it that killed other programs to be able to start so the user could kill more programs.
I don't know if this feature still exists in modern versions since memory has increased so much but I always found it to be neat that some developers thought about this.
- capableweb 4y agoSounds like a good idea for systems that are absolutely hammered. `htop` could add a `--kill` flag, or maybe `--kill-ram` / `--kill-cpu` which would first try to kill the most ram/cpu intensive application, and then load the UI. I've ended up in a couple of situations where servers are so hammered it takes five minutes just to get a ssh session up and running because some process took up all CPU/RAM and was barely able to do anything in the server itself. Something like that could maybe help.
- pjmlp 4y agoBasically kill -9
- greenstatic 4y agoDavid Plummer wrote the Windows Task Manager, he made a 3 part series on his YouTube channel [1]. It's a fascinating couple of videos, highly recommend to watch. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8VBOiPV-_M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8VBOiPV-_M