One of the friendliest ways to mine MLRT is to let it run in the background while you use the PC normally. Done right, you barely notice it; done wrong, your spreadsheets crawl and your browser stutters. Here is how to get it right.
Step 1: Decide how much you are willing to give up
Decide on a percentage. A common choice is 50% of CPU threads and 70% of GPU power. You will still be able to browse, write, and watch video comfortably. Heavy gaming or video editing will need you to lower it further or pause the miner.
Step 2: Limit CPU threads
In the miner config, set the thread count to less than your total. A 16-thread CPU running 8 mining threads leaves the other 8 for everything else. Open Task Manager (Windows) or htop (Linux) to verify the load is split as you expect.
Step 3: Cap GPU power and clocks
Use the GPU vendor tool (NVIDIA nvidia-smi, AMD Radeon Software) to set a power limit, e.g. 70-80% of stock. The hashrate drops a little but the fans stay quieter and the card lasts longer.
Step 4: Set the miner process priority to low
On Windows, right-click the miner in Task Manager and set priority to Below Normal. On Linux, start the miner with nice -n 10 ./malairte-miner. This tells the operating system to hand CPU time to your foreground apps first.
Step 5: Pause on demand
Set up a keyboard shortcut or simple script that suspends the miner when you need full power and resumes it when you do not. taskkill / pkill for a hard stop, or use the miner is built-in pause hotkey if available.
Step 6: Watch temperatures and fan noise
The point of background mining is that you do not notice it. If your fans are screaming, your power cap is too high. Drop it until the noise is acceptable. Most people are happier earning a bit less MLRT in silence than maximising hashrate in a wind tunnel.
Step 7: Stop mining for heavy work
Video calls, gaming, large compiles, 3D rendering - kill the miner first. You will not miss the 30 minutes of mining, and your work will feel snappier.