Don’t remember how many tools, I’ve written about, for monitoring CPU, RAM, Network, and other system resources usage in Ubuntu. But, there’s a brand-new for GNOME, the default desktop environment.
It’s Astra Monitor, a free open-source tool provides highly customizable interface on Gnome top-panel, to monitor CPU
, GPU
, RAM memory
, disk storage
, network usage
, as well as hardware temperature, voltage, and fan speed.
It supports displaying the data in real-time bar
, history graph
, percentage number
, with user selected order, in left, center, or right corner of panel.
Besides having quick glance at system resource usage, user can also click on the indicator icon to pop-up a rich drop-down menu with detailed information. By moving cursor over the menu can also display even more about the hardware, resource load, processes, and so forth.
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