Contributor bescritt

This can be implemented by doing a renice on any CPU-hogging processes that don't catch SIGXCPU.
This would be easy to implement, would improve responsiveness, and wouldn't break anything.
Similar functionality has been available on W*****s for some time with the ForumWare program "ProcessTamer".
This suggestion is an intentional duplicate, but with a less technical title.

Set the default program for opening a flash file to 'sensible-browser'.

On most people's systems this would let one double-click on a flash file, and it would open in Firefox - which presumably is set up with the right codecs.

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I've been able to use Python to pause MPrime when the system is hot (as determined by calculating the standard deviation of the current temp against past temps.) If there is another project that has done this elegantly, I'd love to see it added in 8.04 final. Alternatively, if someone would like to collaborate with me on making an elegant and presentable solution, I'd appreciate the help. I'm more script-kiddie than anything else, and my strong points do not include GUIs.

Talk to the developers of the package themselves, then maybe try back here.