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		extra88 on Feb 6, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How much can you get out of a $4 VPS? I need a Debian package that's a like a "mouse jiggler" for the CPU, a process that will automatically use enough CPU to satisfy Oracle.

Arnavion on Feb 6, 2023 [–]

Just run a `while :; do :; done` shell script under `nice` (to have lower priority than everything else) and then under `cpulimit` (to have an upper bound on CPU usage), or in a cgroup.

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