{"id":48810,"date":"2025-05-05T11:58:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T11:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=48810"},"modified":"2025-05-05T11:58:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T11:58:07","slug":"mission-center-1-0-smart-data-per-app-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2025\/05\/mission-center-1-0-smart-data-per-app-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission Center 1.0 Added SMART Data &#038; Per App Network Monitoring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/mission-center-icon.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-46939\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/mission-center-icon-250x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/mission-center-icon-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/mission-center-icon-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/mission-center-icon-700x700.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/mission-center-icon-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/mission-center-icon.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mission Center, the popular free open-source system monitoring and task managing app for Linux Desktop, release new 1.0.0 version few days ago.<\/p>\n<p>Like <a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2025\/04\/resources-1-8-added-monitoring-raspberry-pi-gpu-cpu-temperature\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resources<\/a>, it&#8217;s a modern GTK4 tool to monitor CPU, GPU, Memory, Storage and Network devices, while being able to manage running apps, processes, as well as background services.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The new release has completely rewritten the the Gatherer backend, and renamed it to &#8220;Magpie&#8221;. Now, it can be running as a standalone set of libraries and executable, and using by other system monitoring applications.<\/p>\n<p>For SATA and NVMe storage devices, the new Mission Center 1.0 added a <b>circled information symbol \ud83d\udec8<\/b> in the disk monitoring page.<\/p>\n<p>By clicking on it, you may view the SMART data, including available spare, total data read\/write, power circles, media errors, etc information. Though, I prefer to use <a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2024\/09\/check-ssd-health-info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">QDiskinfo<\/a>, a CrystalDiskInfo look-like app, to do the job.<\/p>\n<p>Besides that, it added <b>eject symbol (\u23cf)<\/b> in the page of removable storage devices, allowing to click eject devices, such as optional disk and USB stick.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_48811\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ms-smartdata.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48811\" class=\"size-large wp-image-48811\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ms-smartdata-700x481.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ms-smartdata-700x481.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ms-smartdata-300x206.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ms-smartdata-768x528.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ms-smartdata.webp 1228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-48811\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mission Center SMART Data<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By installing <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/raboof\/nethogs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nethugs<\/a> (Linux &#8220;net top&#8221; tool), the app finally added support monitoring network usage on per-app basis. Though, you need to make nethogs runnable without root.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ms-network-perapp.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-48812\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ms-network-perapp-700x477.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ms-network-perapp-700x477.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ms-network-perapp-300x205.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ms-network-perapp-768x524.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ms-network-perapp.webp 1163w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mission Center 1.0 also updated to the latest NVTOP, enabled all its supported GPUs including RaspberryPi.<\/p>\n<p>Other changes include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Update &#8220;Apps&#8221; page with more information about each app and process.<\/li>\n<li>Add keyboard shortcuts to search, switch tab, device, and toggle sidebar.<\/li>\n<li>New unit options: Base-2 or Base-10, Bits or Bytes<\/li>\n<li>New option to draw graphs as smooth line instead of jagged line.<\/li>\n<li>Lower CPU and memory usage.<\/li>\n<li>Improved overall app responsiveness.<\/li>\n<li>And, fixes various bugs. See <a href=\"https:\/\/gitlab.com\/mission-center-devs\/mission-center\/-\/wikis\/Release-Notes\/v1.0.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a> for details.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How to Install Mission Center<\/h3>\n<p>The app is available to install as <a href=\"https:\/\/flathub.org\/apps\/io.missioncenter.MissionCenter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flatpak package<\/a> that runs in sandbox environment and works in most Linux.<\/p>\n<p><b>Linux Mint 21\/22<\/b> and <b>Fedora Workstation<\/b> (with 3rd party repository enabled) can search for and install the app either from Software Manager or GNOME Software.<\/p>\n<p>While <b>Debian<\/b>, <b>Ubuntu<\/b>, and other Linux may follow the steps below to install the package:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First, press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal and run command to install the Flatpak daemon:\n<pre>sudo apt install flatpak<\/pre>\n<p>For other Linux, follow the official <a href=\"https:\/\/flatpak.org\/setup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">setup guide<\/a> to enable Flatpak support.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/apt-flatpak-noble.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-45732\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/apt-flatpak-noble-700x501.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/apt-flatpak-noble-700x501.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/apt-flatpak-noble-300x215.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/apt-flatpak-noble-768x550.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/apt-flatpak-noble.webp 786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Next, run the command below to install the Flatpak app package:\n<pre>flatpak install https:\/\/dl.flathub.org\/repo\/appstream\/io.missioncenter.MissionCenter.flatpakref<\/pre>\n<p>NOTE: there may be lots of downloads as it also need to install GNOME run-time in sandbox environment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/flatpak-missioncenter.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-46514\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/flatpak-missioncenter-700x470.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/flatpak-missioncenter-700x470.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/flatpak-missioncenter-300x201.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/flatpak-missioncenter-768x516.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/flatpak-missioncenter.webp 834w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After installed the app, launch either from app launcher (e.g., GNOME App Grid) or by running the command below in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre>flatpak run io.missioncenter.MissionCenter<\/pre>\n<p>To check updates, use command:<\/p>\n<pre>flatpak update io.missioncenter.MissionCenter<\/pre>\n<p><b>To enable per-app network monitoring<\/b>, Debian\/Ubuntu users may run the command below to install nethogs:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install nethogs<\/pre>\n<p>Then, use the command to allow it running as non-root user:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo setcap \"cap_net_admin,cap_net_raw,cap_dac_read_search,cap_sys_ptrace+pe\" \/usr\/sbin\/nethogs<\/pre>\n<p>Finally, launch or re-launch Mission Center and navigate to &#8220;Apps&#8221; page to identify.<\/p>\n<h3>Uninstall Mission Center<\/h3>\n<p>To uninstall the system monitor, use command:<\/p>\n<pre>flatpak uninstall --delete-data io.missioncenter.MissionCenter<\/pre>\n<p>Optionally run <code>flatpak uninstall --unused<\/code> to remove useless runtime libraries.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mission Center, the popular free open-source system monitoring and task managing app for Linux Desktop, release new 1.0.0 version few days ago. 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