here the process list from top. Notice the -5 nice values. can anyone interpret this for me? Seems like a lot of stuff that doesn't need to be running.
2 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kthreadd
3 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/0
4 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.28 ksoftirqd/0
5 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/0
6 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.76 events/0
7 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khelper
39 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.16 kblockd/0
42 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kacpid
43 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kacpi_notify
152 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kseriod
197 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.90 kswapd0
240 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 aio/0
1515 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ksuspend_usbd
1518 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khubd
1536 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:25.14 ata/0
1542 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ata_aux
1547 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khpsbpkt
2308 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:30.50 scsi_eh_0
2310 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_1
2337 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_2
2341 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_3
2376 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_4
2377 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_5
2420 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_7
2421 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_8
2422 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_9
2423 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_10
2467 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 knodemgrd_0
2653 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.24 kjournald
2887 root 16 -4 17168 1284 384 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.36 udevd
4518 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:01.46 kjournald
4519 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.28 kjournald
4851 root 20 0 3864 588 492 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 getty
4852 root 20 0 3864 584 492 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 getty
4857 root 20 0 3864 588 492 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 getty
4859 root 20 0 3864 584 492 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 getty
5014 root 20 0 13208 1768 708 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 acpid
5065 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:01.62 kondemand/0
2 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kthreadd
3 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/0
4 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.28 ksoftirqd/0
5 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/0
6 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.76 events/0
7 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khelper
39 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.16 kblockd/0
42 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kacpid
43 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kacpi_notify
152 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kseriod
197 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.90 kswapd0
240 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 aio/0
1515 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ksuspend_usbd
1518 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khubd
1536 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:25.14 ata/0
1542 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ata_aux
1547 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khpsbpkt
2308 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:30.50 scsi_eh_0
2310 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_1
2337 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_2
2341 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_3
2376 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_4
2377 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_5
2420 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_7
2421 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_8
2422 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_9
2423 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_10
2467 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 knodemgrd_0
2653 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.24 kjournald
2887 root 16 -4 17168 1284 384 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.36 udevd
4518 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:01.46 kjournald
4519 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.28 kjournald
4851 root 20 0 3864 588 492 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 getty
4852 root 20 0 3864 584 492 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 getty
4857 root 20 0 3864 588 492 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 getty
4859 root 20 0 3864 584 492 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 getty
5014 root 20 0 13208 1768 708 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 acpid
5065 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:01.62 kondemand/0
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