sched.7: Add introductory sentence mentioning CFS scheduler

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.SH NAME
sched \- overview of CPU scheduling
.SH DESCRIPTION
Since Linux 2.6.23, the default scheduler is CFS,
the "Completely Fair Scheduler".
The CFS scheduler replaced the earlier "O(1)" scheduler.
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.SS API summary
Linux provides the following system calls for controlling
the CPU scheduling behavior, policy, and priority of processes