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How do I start a process with a nice value of -20 and not give it root privilege?

I would like to start a process with a nice value of -20. This requires me to use a command like - sudo nice -n -20 matlab. However, this starts matlab as root too. Is there a way to have matlab as ...
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Is there any use for RLIMIT_NICE?

I am using prlimit in Ubuntu to do some resource restrictions in my sandbox which has been very helpful. However, I am not quite sure what to do with RLIMIT_NICE. The docs say: RLIMIT_NICE (since ...
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Prioritise X applications with focus

Is there a way to prioritise X applications with focus, preferably both in terms of CPU and I/O? Something like all X applications are niced and ioniced down in priority, but when they gain focus ...
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Execute and renice a process in one command

Does anyone know if it's possible to execute and renice a process in one command, i.e. without having to look up the command in the list of processes using the ps command and then renice that ...
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Does IO prioritise by the very nature of renicing a task?

The CFQ IO scheduler supports priorities though I am not sure that Deadline does (I believe not). The premise is that when I renice a task it gets a larger share of CPU under the Completely Fair ...