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98cwitr
May 20th, 2010, 12:32 AM
Got any recommendations? Just did a fresh install and am looking for something robust and ascetically pleasing.
CharlesA
May 20th, 2010, 12:34 AM
I heard good things about htop, but I don't know if it will fit your needs.
juancarlospaco
May 20th, 2010, 12:40 AM
Process Explorer at SourceForge...
:)
pwnst*r
May 20th, 2010, 12:46 AM
conky
Directive 4
May 20th, 2010, 01:06 AM
conky!
Greg
May 20th, 2010, 02:08 AM
Seconding htop. It's awesome for actual monitoring, killing processes, etc.

If you just want a pretty bar, then conky or gkrellm.
RiceMonster
May 20th, 2010, 02:12 AM
htop works better than any gui system monitor for me. Maybe it isn't "aesthetically pleasing" but it sure as hell gets the job done well.
aaaantoine
May 20th, 2010, 02:39 AM
+1 for htop, coming from someone who usually prefers GUI applications.
dragos240
May 20th, 2010, 02:58 AM
What's different about htop vs top? I use gnome-system-monitor, but it's pretty heavy.
thekanuk
May 20th, 2010, 03:10 AM
htop all the way for me...
Greg
May 20th, 2010, 03:19 AM
What's different about htop vs top? I use gnome-system-monitor, but it's pretty heavy.

htop has more features and colour.
aaaantoine
May 20th, 2010, 03:20 AM
htop behaves a lot like top, but it's a lot easier to use. For example, you can sort running programs by CPU usage, Memory usage, priority, niceness, total CPU time, command name, etc.

The display is color-coded, though top also offers this as an option.

htop has graphical, color-coded bars that show CPU and memory usage.

You can choose a signal from a list to send to a running process, rather than typing in the signal # like top prefers -- handy if you don't know these things by heart.
RiceMonster
May 20th, 2010, 03:29 AM
What's different about htop vs top? I use gnome-system-monitor, but it's pretty heavy.

Try them both, find out. htop is easier to use (IMO) and has more features.
proxess
May 20th, 2010, 12:21 PM
Conky for the screen; Top/HTop for managing.
philinux
May 20th, 2010, 12:31 PM
For an alarm type system I use the panel applet system monitor. Small and easily customised. If I see anything amiss I then use htop.

[edit] oh yes forgot about the cpu scaling monitor applet.
juancarlospaco
May 20th, 2010, 01:32 PM
Try the program i mention above, will be surprised...
philinux
May 20th, 2010, 01:38 PM
Who owns Process Explorer ;)
CharlesA
May 20th, 2010, 02:10 PM
Who owns Process Explorer ;)

I know this one!

Wait, drawing a blank. :P
Rubi1200
May 20th, 2010, 02:23 PM
I think he might be referring to this:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/procexp/
philinux
May 20th, 2010, 02:25 PM
Wonder who owns the trade mark?
juancarlospaco
May 20th, 2010, 02:28 PM
http://sourceforge.net/dbimage.php?id=261816
philinux
May 20th, 2010, 02:57 PM
Looks good.
sertse
May 20th, 2010, 03:05 PM
As a wise person once said: I want to have htop's babies (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8636561&postcount=8)
toupeiro
May 20th, 2010, 04:47 PM
I'm not saying they're necessarily the easiest.. but the sysstat suite reigns supreme for content.

sar
mpstat
iostat
vmstat
pidstat
memstat



sudo apt-get install sysstat memstat
Rubi1200
May 20th, 2010, 06:18 PM
I'm not saying they're necessarily the easiest.. but the sysstat suite reigns supreme for content.

sar
mpstat
iostat
vmstat
pidstat
memstat

+1 for sysstat; I love using it!
koleoptero
May 20th, 2010, 08:43 PM
As a wise person once said: I want to have htop's babies (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8636561&postcount=8)

Ah, just what I was thinking.