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#1 2007-06-29 03:40:58
- KCE
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Linux-equivalent of Task Manager?
So far, I'm loving Linux! I've just come from Windows so what's the linux equivalent of the task manager (or if there's seperate programs)? i.e. terminate processes, view cpu usage, ram, etc.. If it helps I'm using kdemod (and compiz-fusion which ROCKS!). I'm looking for more of a sleek style.
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#2 2007-06-29 03:51:45
- mcmillan
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Re: Linux-equivalent of Task Manager?
The closest equilvalent in KDE is ksysguard. A lot of the information is also listed if you type top into a terminal. Processes can be stopped with kill [process number] where you can get the number from the list of processes in top of with the command ps -A. You can also kill all processes with the same name (or if you know a name and don't want to look up the number) with killall [name].
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#3 2007-06-29 05:52:04
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Re: Linux-equivalent of Task Manager?
I'm a fan of htop
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#4 2007-06-29 07:33:10
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Re: Linux-equivalent of Task Manager?
What is wrong in the good old <b>top</b>?
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#5 2007-06-29 07:39:51
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I'm a fan of htop
+1
htop rocks.
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#6 2007-06-29 08:03:05
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Re: Linux-equivalent of Task Manager?
What is wrong in the good old <b>top</b>?
"top sucks, htop just sucks less." 
(btw, what's the original of that sentence?)
seriously, htop has marking (select multiple tasks), scrolling, inline search, configurable meters...
oh, there's one 'task manager' for gnome, but I can't seem to recall the name.
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#7 2007-06-29 08:38:23
- shamrok
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Re: Linux-equivalent of Task Manager?
The Mutt E-Mail Client
"All mail clients suck. This one just sucks less." -me, circa 1995
There is also xfce task manager:
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#8 2007-06-29 09:51:37
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Re: Linux-equivalent of Task Manager?
in gnome is "gnome-system-monitor"
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#9 2007-06-29 10:25:31
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If you want a constant monitoring you can also put conky on your desktop... There's a package for it in extra
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#10 2007-06-29 12:11:21
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Re: Linux-equivalent of Task Manager?
The closest equilvalent in KDE is ksysguard.
Yeah, if you're using KDEMod, KSysGuard really is a great place to start. It's a task mananger plus a highly configurable graphical sensor front end. I've never had a reason to not use it when in KDE.
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#11 2007-06-29 15:34:26
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Re: Linux-equivalent of Task Manager?
I just love GkrellM, it's not a full task manager, but it's good to monitor system activity.
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#12 2007-06-29 18:42:48
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Re: Linux-equivalent of Task Manager?
I raise my glass for htop!
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#14 2007-06-29 19:13:18
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Re: Linux-equivalent of Task Manager?
cry0x wrote:I'm a fan of htop
+1
htop rocks.
+1
htop+yakuake
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#15 2007-06-29 21:54:10
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Re: Linux-equivalent of Task Manager?
Thank you for all the suggestions.KSys was what I was looking for but I also want something nicer looking always on display. I tried Conky (which looks perfect!) but problem is the transparency doesn't work with kde 
Although I did find this workaround. I'm also trying out Gkrellm.Hopefully that transparency bug gets fixed. Is there any tool like it that uses "true transparency"?
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