Introduction

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# Chapter 1. Introduction

Kpm allows users to view and modify processes under Linux. It shows detailed information about processes and the use of computer resources like CPU, RAM, and swap space, as well as general information like system uptime. Users can use Kpm to kill processes and modify their priority. The super-user also has the abilty to change scheduling settings.

Kpm is heavily based on Mattias Engdegård's qps. The main difference between Kpm and qps is the KDE interface. Kpm adheres to most KDE standards, uses the KDE config files, and has session managment. Some features of qps were removed (such as the ability to display Mac OS7 style tables or special checkbox widgets).

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