Number of processor cores confusion

Tue Nov 10 14:40:39 UTC 2020

On Tue, 2020-11-10 at 14:20 +0000, Chris Green wrote:
> However, in reality, *very few* things running on your computer ever
> use more than one thread/core.  Almost all of the time only one is
> being used.

?!? My computer is using all its cores, all the time. And when I say
cores I really mean cores AND threads :-)

Run gnome-system-monitor to see what's going on.

Software threads are not the same as the threads on CPUs. Same name,
similar functions, but very different things operating at very VERY
different levels.

Regards K.

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