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Fully Utilizing Your X-Core CPU Fully Utilizing Your X-Core CPU. Quote: Almost all systems sold nowadays have at least a dual-core CPU, even triple- or quad-cores are getting cheaper and getting standard in the near future. But how to utilize your shiny x-core to it's full potential, with applications that are only utilizing one core ? With Linux, which has strong multitasking capabilities as all unixoid operating systems, there is an easy possibility to parallelize tasks which are normally only using one core of an x-core CPU.
You should be familiar working in the shell, because all work is done there. No browser, no fancy GUI's, no eyecandy.
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