zShxck@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoI'm ditching htop for btop, look how cool it islemmy.mlimagemessage-square143fedilinkarrow-up1533arrow-down112
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minus-squareWuTang @lemmy.ninjalinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down6·1 year agowhy ? Why do you feel the need to have process monitoring displayed all the time?
minus-squarecaseyweederman@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoYou can sort and filter it. More generally, are you questioning why the Top category of tools exists?
minus-squareWuTang @lemmy.ninjalinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down19·1 year agono, I am questioning why do you have those open all the time. in 17y, I never had to. This is just ASCII pr0n to look “deep” .
minus-squarespacedout@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoI have it open all the time, exactly for this reason. 15 years and going.
minus-squaretowerful@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoAs you gaze into the btop, the btop gazes into you
minus-square1984@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoYou are right, they aren’t open all the time except in screenshots. :)
minus-squareTrailblazing Braille Taser@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoIt’s a tool. It’s useful to figure out if something you’re running is IO-bound or CPU-bound. It also shows per-core load, which is useful for visualizing multi-threaded performance.
why ? Why do you feel the need to have process monitoring displayed all the time?
You can sort and filter it.
More generally, are you questioning why the Top category of tools exists?
no, I am questioning why do you have those open all the time. in 17y, I never had to. This is just ASCII pr0n to look “deep” .
I have it open all the time, exactly for this reason. 15 years and going.
Haha, to look deep? Same here.
As you gaze into the btop, the btop gazes into you
You are right, they aren’t open all the time except in screenshots. :)
It’s a tool. It’s useful to figure out if something you’re running is IO-bound or CPU-bound. It also shows per-core load, which is useful for visualizing multi-threaded performance.
If you press P you can get rid of them