On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 10:14:58PM -0500, Jay Kline wrote:
> Can anyone tell me how the load is calculated in linux? 

  It's the average number of running processes in the last 1, 5, and 15
minutes. There's no real limit. I'm always running SETI at home, so my load
average never drops below 1.

  I might be wrong, but that's how I understand it.

  Dan


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