GNOME System Monitor

Name: GNOME System Monitor
Rating: 3.8 (5 reviews)

System Monitor is a tool to manage running processes and monitor system resources.

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Avg rating of 3.8 (5)| 4 comments

What is GNOME System Monitor?

System Monitor is a tool to manage running processes and monitor system resources.

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Monitor process properties, control processes
Monitor computer CPU, memory, swap and network usage
Monitor disks and mounts for available and used space
Search for open files

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Ad-freeGNOME System Monitor doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
LightweightGNOME System Monitor consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Dark ModeGNOME System Monitor supports dark mode for comfortable usage in low light conditions.

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Developed byThe GNOME Project
LicensingOpen Source and Free product.
RatingAverage rating of 3.8
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rmbjr60

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Top positive comment• ago

Very customizable (choose among 24 key process statistics, drag-n-drop to rearrange columns, one-click column sort). Includes per-process I/O rates, which many tools don't bother with. Can search for open files as well.

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shunjoss

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Top positive comment• ago

Nice, only lacks writing/reading output and temperatures.

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ab1

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Top negative comment• ago

System Monitor 3.36.1 knows just nice property.

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ab1

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Negative comment• ago•Pending approval • Edited ago

Around 60 MB of RSS for 3.36.

"Resources" tab can work with simple apps and 40% CPU without significant
overhead.

"Processes" tab can update at 1 Hz.
"Resources" tab can update at 4 Hz.
"File systems" tab can update at 1 Hz.

It can't:

be transparent and work as overlay
monitor RSS over time for each process
monitor GPU load and memory usage per process (install nvidia-smi for this or alternative)
monitor GPU in detail like load, memory, current clocks, PCIe status (install nvidia-smi for this or alternative)
display CPU affinity for each process
set CPU affinity for each process

As user it can:

list opened files system wide (with hamburger menu)
list opened files per process (with context menu)
display memory maps for each process
STOP/CONTINUE/KILL processes with shortcuts

As super user it can:

can change nice value for each process

Questionable default settings:

smoothing on
no process hierarchy
no RSS column
no status column
no F5 hotkey for refresh
quite bulky for OSD/overlay (560 × 341 pixels)

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