Rust-Based 'Resources' is a New, Modern System Monitor for Linux
'OMG! Ubuntu: The System Monitor app Ubuntu comes with does an okay job of letting you monitor system resources and oversee running processes — but it does look dated... [T]he app's graphs and charts are tiny, compact, and lack the glanceability and granular-detail that similar tools on other systems offer. Thankfully, there are plenty of ace System Monitor alternatives available on Linux, with the Rust-based Resources being the latest tool to the join the club. And it's a real looker... Resources shows real-time graphs showing the utilisation of core system components... You can also see a [sortable and searchable] list of running apps and processes, which are separated in this app. It's also possible to select a refresh interval "from very slow/slow/normal/fast/very fast (though tempting to select, 'very fast' can increase CPU usage)." And selecting an app or process "activates a big red button you can click to 'end' the app/process (a submenu has options to kill, halt, or continue the app/process instead)..." "If you don't like the 'Windows-iness' of Mission Center — which you may have briefly spotted it in my Ubuntu 23.10 release video — then Resources is a solid alternative."' -- source: https://linux.slashdot.org/story/23/10/15/2121237 Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann Dept. of Computer Science University of Waikato, Hamilton, NZ Mobile +64 22 190 2375 https://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ http://www.data-mining.co.nz/
On 16/10/23 13:09, Peter Reutemann wrote:
'OMG! Ubuntu:
The System Monitor app Ubuntu comes with does an okay job of letting you monitor system resources and oversee running processes — but it does look dated... [T]he app's graphs and charts are tiny, compact, and lack the glanceability and granular-detail that similar tools on other systems offer.
Thankfully, there are plenty of ace System Monitor alternatives available on Linux, with the Rust-based Resources being the latest tool to the join the club. And it's a real looker...
Last time I looked Rust was a programming language and not a GUI library. The app uses GTK4 so presumably an updated "look" would be possible in any language with GTK4 bindings.
On 17/10/2023 08.25, Glenn Ramsey wrote:
On 16/10/23 13:09, Peter Reutemann wrote:
'OMG! Ubuntu:
The System Monitor app Ubuntu comes with does an okay job of letting you monitor system resources and oversee running processes — but it does look dated... [T]he app's graphs and charts are tiny, compact, and lack the glanceability and granular-detail that similar tools on other systems offer.
Thankfully, there are plenty of ace System Monitor alternatives available on Linux, with the Rust-based Resources being the latest tool to the join the club. And it's a real looker...
Last time I looked Rust was a programming language and not a GUI library. The app uses GTK4 so presumably an updated "look" would be possible in any language with GTK4 bindings.
The quoted criticism of 'the old' and claimed-virtue of 'the new' is "look[s]". Per @Glenn, a more modest UX-based upgrade might have more-easily achieved 80% of what 80% of the user-community want. There are some for whom speed matters - more than 20% of th 20%? (with apologies to Pareto) There are some who (have egos that say they) can do so much better (today), than [s]he/they did all those years ago. Is this in the same category as buying a car because it is a nice pink color? If looks were a criteria, many of us would not be permitted to attend or contribute to Linux conventions/meetings - and some, not allowed out in public at all. (?hence this virtual form of communication) Although... taking fewer cycles and less RAM is an aim that many would do well to emulate! -- Regards =dn
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