Subject: Re: every OS sucks
To: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
From: Frank van der Linden <fvdl@wasabisystems.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 05/20/2001 13:27:11
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 09:49:18PM -0700, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> Is it normal for RealPlayer to have numerous processes?

This is the way that linux"threads" are implemented: they are
in fact all seperate processes. They just share most of
their resources. So they're all showing up in the ps output.

- Frank

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