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How to use SysMonTask, the Linux system monitor of Windows task manager. In view of this problem, this article introduces the corresponding analysis and solution in detail, hoping to help more partners who want to solve this problem to find a more simple and feasible method.

Thanks to the desktop environment, almost all Linux distributions come with task manager applications. In addition, there are other Linux system monitoring applications that have more features.

But recently I came across a task manager created for Linux, which looks like... Um... Task manager for Windows.

You can see for yourself.

Personally, I'm not sure if the user interface similarity makes sense, but developers and other Linux users may not agree with me.

SysMonTask: a system monitor with the appearance of Windows task manager

SysMonTask, the open source software, describes itself as a "Windows system monitor with the compactness and practicality of the Linux task manager for higher control and monitoring".

SysMonTask is written in Python and has the following features:

System monitoring chart.

Displays statistics for CPU, memory, disk, network adapter, and single Nvidia GPU.

Support for the list of mounted disks has been added in recent releases.

The user process tab allows process filtering to display the summary values of recursive-CPU, recursive-memory, and column headers.

Of course, you can kill a process in the processes tab.

System themes (dark and light) are also supported.

Experience SysMonTask

SysMonTask needs to escalate privileges. When you start it, you will be asked to provide your administrator password. I don't like a task manager running with sudo all the time, but it's just my preference.

I played for a while to explore its function. Disk usage is basically stable, so I copied a 10GB file from the external SSD to the laptop disk several times. You can see the corresponding peak when the file is transferred.

The process tag is also convenient. It shows the cumulative resource utilization at the top of the column.

The kill button is added at the bottom, so all you have to do is select a process and click the "Killer" button. It will ask for your confirmation before killing the process.

Install SysMonTask on the Linux distribution

For a simple application, it needs to download 50 MB of archive files and takes up about 200 MB of disk. I think this is because of the dependence of Python.

And it reads env.

At the time of writing, SysMonTask can be used on Ubuntu-based distributions through PPA.

On a Ubuntu-based distribution, open a terminal and add the PPA repository using the following command:

Sudo add-apt-repository ppa:camel-neeraj/sysmontask

Of course, you will be asked to enter your password. In the new version, the warehouse list is updated automatically. So, you can install the application directly:

Sudo apt install sysmontask

Debian-based distributions can also try to install it from deb files. It can be found on the release page.

For other distributions, there are no off-the-shelf packages. To my surprise, it's basically a Python application, so you can add a PIP installer to other distributions. Maybe developers will add it in future releases.

Because it is open source software, you can get the source code at any time.

SysMonTask Deb files and source code

Once installed, look for SysMonTask in the menu and launch it from there.

Delete SysMonTask

If you want to delete it, use the following command:

Sudo apt remove sysmontask

It is best to delete the PPA as well:

Sudo add-apt-repository-r ppa:camel-neeraj/sysmontask

You can also use the PPA cleanup tool here, which is a convenient tool for handling PPA application deletions.

Will you try?

To me, function is more important than appearance. SysMonTask does have additional capabilities to monitor disk performance and check GPU statistics, something that other system monitors don't normally include.

If you try and like it, you might like to add Ctrl+Alt+Del shortcuts to launch SysMonTask to get a complete feel: smiley:

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