Usage Guidelines
Unix is a very powerful operating system, but by abusing it you can
really hurt yourself and others. Try to limit yourself to one
background
process at a time. In addition, check your disk usage regularly
with the command "du". Please observe the system load average (by
using the command "uptime") when doing non-essential work. If it's over
5, consider
logging off so that
others can do their work more productively. The "ruptime" command
displays the load average on the other systems; you may want to
log in to one of them.
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