Are we all just using htop?
What are some other good ones for killing processes and seeing what’s running?
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If I want to watch resource usage over time, KDE Plasma’s System Monitor does the job. I like that I can customize its panels and graph data from just about any sensor in the system.
For anything else, it’s usually command line tools like ps, pgrep, kill, and occasionally plain old top.
Yes, htop. And occasionally I’m in the mood for
btop.+1 for btop
When you want people to think you are mad hax. Btop. It isn’t the most succinct display. But damn it’s purdy.
yeah I like btop too!
btmgangfinally representation matters
+1 for
btmIdk, something about its name really resonates with me 🤣
+1 htop
Terminal. The way God intended .
Thank you for this. Great read
I usually only use
htopto monitor resource usage. I mostly kill stuff withkillallor the good oldps aux | grep ... killcombo.s/killall/pkill/
topMission control, its way easier to see what’s going on and kill it when necessary
Htop. This is the way.
I’m probably older than most of you, and I’m not going for the “get off my lawn” answer like the rest of you. Mission center - because graphical user interfaces add value
I prefer Resources but I like Mission Center as well. Plasma’s System Monitor has come a long way as well.
My daily is Gnome, so I don’t see KDE ui often. That said, when I use desktop mode on SteamDeck, I’m impressed.
Im all for graphical if its functional, and doesn’t change visually with updates
pgrepandpkill -9when those work for unresponsive programsKDE’s System Monitor when using the above doesn’t work
For looking cool/viewing running programs:
btopWell, I was going to say GNOME’s System Monitor which has always been the default GUI task manager on my distro, but it’s been getting steadily more and more GNOME-ified with every revision and frankly, I hate how it looks now.
Might be time to shop for an alternative.
The GNOME task manager is getting updated to Resources. Is this the one you speak of?
Have you tried MATE System Monitor? It’s a fork of the old GNOME System Monitor from GNOME 2.
Just htop. Never found a reason to switch
Usually have
tmuxsplit into panes withhtop,nmonandnloadrunning whilst I’m doing whatever in the final quadrantIt’s interesting to watch what happens on my NAS when I run a backup, to see that the CPU, network and disks don’t do what you think they’ll do when they do whatever they’re doing
psI use htop over SSH, otherwise any DE I’m using usually provides one and I use that.
