Fully Utilizing Your X-Core CPU

Almost all systems sold nowadays have at least a dual-core CPU, even
triple- or quad-cores are getting cheaper and getting standard in the
near future. But how to utilize your shiny x-core to it’s full
potential, with applications that are only utilizing one core ? With
Linux, which has strong multitasking capabilities as all unixoid
operating systems, there is an easy possibility to parallelize tasks
which are normally only using one core of an x-core CPU.