Nuno Silva wrote:
> Con Kolivas wrote:
>> If you're talking about using the embedded image viewer in kde, that 
>> spins on wait and wastes truckloads of cpu (a perfect example of poor 
>> coding). Try loading it an external viewer and it will be 1000 times 
>> faster. If you're talking about it keeping the disk too busy on the 
>> other hand, that's I/O scheduling.
>>
> 
> The question is: "can a poorly coded app hang the system for 30secs?"
> 
> That's a DoS ;-)

It does not hang the system, only it's dependant tasks (ie other kde 
thingies)

Con