for years my family has been using virtual terminals so that each of us may be logged into the same machine and switch between our sessions using the ctrl+alt+f... key function. KDE added a menu entry awhile back that has the same functionality, but I've seen no preferences available in relation to this function. What I wonder is whether it is possible to increase the priority (reduce the nice value) of the user being switched to in relation to the inactive users on the other virtual terminals, or to reduce the priority (increase the nice value) of the user being switched away from. I know that technically only root is allowed to reduce the nice value of a process (giving it higher priority) but it sems that it would be convenient if the active users session had a higher priority than the inactive users. Sometimes I am compiling numerous programs, ripping a cd and have other background processes running. If I switch to my wife or daughters session they have to put up with a less responsive system than they might like. If this isn't possible then where should I go to suggest this feature? Thanks for your Ideas -- dh