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
Yep, UX has been rather steady on Linux the last 10 years, so I don't worry about having to relearn after updates. Usually ui refreshes have been infrequent and welcome for me.
Well, 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.
Edit +44 mins: So, the immediate alternatives all have other things I don't like about them, but an older version of GNOME System Monitor will still install and run, so I guess I'll be using that for now. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
That was the first one I tried, but it's a fork from too far back.
The two main issues I had with it were 1) It only reports CPU usage in multiples of X%, where X is the number of cores, which was a long-standing SNAFU in the original GNOME version and 2) the usage graphs on the performance screen are light-mode only, even in dark mode, and there's no easy option to change it.
No. My distro still provides the latest release of the original GNOME system monitor.
As time has gone on, GNOME have enforced more and more of their own look and feel, completely ignoring any styling that might be provided by other window managers. Some of those might even be using older GTK libraries, but that doesn't matter.
Basically if you run a modern GNOME app under KDE, MATE, Xfce, etc., it's going to look like a GNOME app regardless of what the other windows look like. Very Henry Ford.
The system monitor is no different. The new version works but the earlier version I found and installed also works fine and fits in. I suspect it's GTK3 (old) versus GTK4 (new), but I can't confirm. It'll be something like that.
The folks responsible for Linux Mint started the XApps project of GNOME forks to roll back some of GNOME's nonsense, but I guess they haven't got around to forking the system monitor yet.
... and I've looked at both Resources and Mission Centre. Neither are to my taste (and are both Flatpaks).
Usually have tmux split into panes with htop, nmon and nload running whilst I'm doing whatever in the final quadrant
It'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
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.
I use htop for the cli system monitor, but I will use Plasma's System Monitor more often. Although, if i'm working in the command line, I will just use ps and kill .
I typically run an old fork of htop, with a stratum column for bedrocklinux (wrapped in a script to periodically restart it since this fork has a cumulative resource-hog leak), in a 1 pane tmux session I call monitors, along with slurm, ttysys, ttyload, alsamixer, and sometimes some dmesg and other things run with watch.
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hendrik@palaver.p3x.de · 35 pts · 279d
Yes, htop. And occasionally I'm in the mood for
btop.TabbsTheBat@pawb.social · 25 pts · 279d
+1 for btop
Eldritch@piefed.world · 12 pts · 279d
When you want people to think you are mad hax. Btop. It isn't the most succinct display. But damn it's purdy.
flameleaf@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 279d
htop scales better on small terminal windows, but btop is prettier and more useful if I dedicate a whole monitor to it.
Freakazoid@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 279d
yeah I like btop too!
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 77d
I only just recently discovered btop. Stis entirely too much fun
MasterBlaster@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 279d
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
jlow@discuss.tchncs.de · 8 pts · 279d
I prefer Resources but I like Mission Center as well. Plasma's System Monitor has come a long way as well.
MasterBlaster@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 273d
My daily is Gnome, so I don't see KDE ui often. That said, when I use desktop mode on SteamDeck, I'm impressed.
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 279d
Im all for graphical if its functional, and doesn't change visually with updates
MasterBlaster@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 273d
Yep, UX has been rather steady on Linux the last 10 years, so I don't worry about having to relearn after updates. Usually ui refreshes have been infrequent and welcome for me.
nymnympseudonym@piefed.social · 13 pts · 279d
+1 htop
Terminal. The way God intended .
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 279d
Thank you for this. Great read
a14o@feddit.org · 9 pts · 279d
btmgangcupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 278d
finally representation matters
Arkhive@piefed.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 279d
+1 for
btmIdk, something about its name really resonates with me 🤣
ViscloReader@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 278d
Used to top, now I btop
FooBarrington@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 278d
Used to top, now I bottom
ViscloReader@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 278d
I thought this was implied? /s
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de · 7 pts · 279d
I usually only use
htopto monitor resource usage. I mostly kill stuff withkillallor the good oldps aux | grep ... killcombo.AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 278d
s/killall/pkill/
SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 279d
System monitor
tal@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 279d
topHamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 278d
Glances
It shows you all the usual stuff, but as a bonus, you’ll also get disk I/O and temperature sensors.
If you’re maxing out your CPU, you’ll know which application is doing it and how hot the CPU is.
palordrolap@fedia.io · 4 pts · 279d
Well, 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.
Edit +44 mins: So, the immediate alternatives all have other things I don't like about them, but an older version of GNOME System Monitor will still install and run, so I guess I'll be using that for now. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
ray@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 279d
Have you tried MATE System Monitor? It's a fork of the old GNOME System Monitor from GNOME 2.
palordrolap@fedia.io · 1 pts · 279d
That was the first one I tried, but it's a fork from too far back.
The two main issues I had with it were 1) It only reports CPU usage in multiples of X%, where X is the number of cores, which was a long-standing SNAFU in the original GNOME version and 2) the usage graphs on the performance screen are light-mode only, even in dark mode, and there's no easy option to change it.
x00z@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 279d
The GNOME task manager is getting updated to Resources. Is this the one you speak of?
https://apps.gnome.org/Resources/
palordrolap@fedia.io · 1 pts · 279d
No. My distro still provides the latest release of the original GNOME system monitor.
As time has gone on, GNOME have enforced more and more of their own look and feel, completely ignoring any styling that might be provided by other window managers. Some of those might even be using older GTK libraries, but that doesn't matter.
Basically if you run a modern GNOME app under KDE, MATE, Xfce, etc., it's going to look like a GNOME app regardless of what the other windows look like. Very Henry Ford.
The system monitor is no different. The new version works but the earlier version I found and installed also works fine and fits in. I suspect it's GTK3 (old) versus GTK4 (new), but I can't confirm. It'll be something like that.
The folks responsible for Linux Mint started the XApps project of GNOME forks to roll back some of GNOME's nonsense, but I guess they haven't got around to forking the system monitor yet.
... and I've looked at both Resources and Mission Centre. Neither are to my taste (and are both Flatpaks).
lime@feddit.nu · 4 pts · 279d
pscore@leminal.space · 4 pts · 278d
Mission control, its way easier to see what's going on and kill it when necessary
thagoat@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 279d
Htop. This is the way.
Cyber@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 278d
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
who@feddit.org · 3 pts · 279d
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.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 278d
I use htop over SSH, otherwise any DE I'm using usually provides one and I use that.
30p87@feddit.org · 2 pts · 279d
Quick overview htop
More filtered ps aux
Killing with (p)kill
AstroLightz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 277d
pgrepandpkill -9when those work for unresponsive programsKDE's System Monitor when using the above doesn't work
For looking cool/viewing running programs:
btopaloofPenguin@piefed.world · 2 pts · 77d
I use htop for the cli system monitor, but I will use Plasma's System Monitor more often. Although, if i'm working in the command line, I will just use
psandkill.bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 77d
Yea gnome system monitor is good for gui
communism@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 278d
Just htop. Never found a reason to switch
swelter_spark@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 279d
I use XFCE's task manager.
m33@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 279d
CTRL ALT BACKSPACE always been my favorite « task manager »
lemming741@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 279d
Yeah when something doesn't seem to be working right, that's my go-to
who@feddit.org · 1 pts · 279d
Do any Wayland compositors support it?
_spiffy@piefed.ca · 1 pts · 278d
I like bashtop!
Digit@lemmy.wtf · 1 pts · 269d
Yes, htop.
I typically run an old fork of
htop, with a stratum column for bedrocklinux (wrapped in a script to periodically restart it since this fork has a cumulative resource-hog leak), in a 1 panetmuxsession I call monitors, along withslurm,ttysys,ttyload,alsamixer, and sometimes somedmesgand other things run withwatch.xcutie@linux.community · 1 pts · 277d
I just use "ps aux" . Like one of the big boys.
notreallyhere@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 278d