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+# Free
+
+See free space with:
+
+> free
+
+and make it human readable with:
+
+> free -h
+
+Or `-m` for megabytes.
+
+# Proccesses
+
+See running items in current terminal with 
+
+> ps
+
+or more with 
+
+> ps -a
+
+Or the entire system with
+
+> ps -e
+
+Or the entire system with more information, BSD style, with:
+
+> ps aux
+
+And then search for a particular program with 
+
+> ps aux | grep cmus
+
+# Jobs
+
+Pause a job with ^z.  Put it in the background with the '&' suffix.
+
+List jobs in the current shell with
+
+> jobs
+
+And then you can pull number 1 up again with 
+
+> fg 1
+
+Or continue running a stopped job with:
+
+> bg 1
+
+# Nice
+
+This changes how nice a program is, from -20 to 19.
+
+Install a program, but nicely, at nice value '10':
+
+> nice -10 sudo apt -y install libreoffice
+
+Aggressively use Steam, with a nice value of '-13'.
+
+> nice --13 steam&
+
+Find out that Steam's fucking everything up, so you change its nice value with 'renice':
+
+> renice --5 -p 3781
+
+Nerf all of roach-1's processes:
+
+> renice 10 -u roach-1
+
+... or the entire group
+
+> renice -14 -g hackers
+