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Re:Pause/unpause any X11 application by vermaden on Thursday September 20, 2018 @09:23AM (#18032211)
In what way its more reliable?

It works only on Linux.

Mine approach works on Linux/FreeBSD/OpenBSD/Illumos/Solaris/UNIX/...

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Re:Pause/unpause any X11 application by stubborn_d0nkey on Thursday September 20, 2018 @10:03AM (#18032508)
More reliable not more available. It's because programs in userspace can mess with the signal usage, while they can't with the cgroup feezing.
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