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I am trying to change the priority of a process in my system via Xubuntu's Task Manager by typing sudo taskmgr, but taskmgr isn't the name of the executable. What is the name of the executable program and if I change the priority of a process and restart my computer, will the process have the same priority?

John Scott
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Never use sudo to start graphical applications. (More infos)

This should work:

sudo xfce4-taskmanager

Then go to settings on top left and then click on "Show all processes".

But the root xfce4-taskmanager shows only the root processes... Perhaps this is a better solution to set your priorities:

Change niceness (priority) of a running process

The priority of a process will be lost if you close the process. But you can start any process with a certain priority: Do all apps start with a normal priority on the system monitor?

Artur Meinild
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    I'm not sure I'd say *never*, [`sudo -i ...` is acceptable AFAIK](http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6634/psa-gksu-is-no-longer-installed-by-default). – Oli Jun 18 '14 at 16:36