[lug] decent cheap soundcard

[Bear Giles]

rm at fabula.de wrote:
> First thing to look at: most distros (idiotically, if i might say) have the 
> X-server start with a niceness level of -10 (read: ultra-rude). As a result,
> any move of the mouse will cause the X-server to grab you CPU ...

Market forces since most people equate responsiveness with 
performance.  I've used the same trick to make software on limited 
hardware (e.g., cable set top boxes) look better than it is.

But if you want to really have fun set your hard drive to go to 
sleep after a minute of inactivity....