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Thanks to the desktop environment, almost all Linux distributions come with task manager applications. In addition, several other Linux system monitoring applications have similar additional features.

But recently I came across a task manager created for Linux that looks like Windows's task manager.

Take a look at this article and then decide whether you want to use it or not.

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 usefulness of the Linux task manager for a higher level of 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 individual Nvidia GPU.

Support for listing mounted disks has been added in the latest version.

The user Processess tab allows process filtering to display recursive CPU, recursive Memery, and aggregate values on recursive headers.

Of course, you can terminate the process from the processes tab.

System themes (dark and light) are also supported.

Experience of using SysMonTask

SysMonTask needs to escalate privileges. When you start it, the system will ask you to enter the administrator password. I don't like task manager running with sudo all the time.

I tested it to explore its function. Disk usage has remained stable, so I copied 20 GB files from the external SSD to the disk of my laptop several times. You can see the peak corresponding to the file transfer.

The Process tab is also convenient. It shows the cumulative resource utilization at the top of the column.

The "Killer" button is added at the bottom on the left, so all you have to do is select a process and click the "Killer" button. It asks you for confirmation before terminating the process.

Install SysMonTask on the Linux distribution

Although SysMonTask is a portable application, due to Python dependencies, it will download 50 MB of archive files and consume about 200 MB of disk space.

At the time of this writing, SysMonTask is available for Ubuntu-based distributions through PPA.

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

Linuxmi@linuxmi:~/www.linuxmi.com$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:camel-neeraj/sysmontask

Of course, you will be asked to enter your password. On newer versions, the repository list is automatically updated. Therefore, you can install the application directly:

Linuxmi@linuxmi:~/www.linuxmi.com$ sudo apt install sysmontask

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

There are no other distributions of ready-to-use packages. Surprisingly, it's basically a Python application, so you can add PIP installers to other distributions. Maybe the developer will add it in a future release.

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

SysMonTask Deb files and source code

After the installation is complete, look for SysMonTask in the menu and launch it from there.

Delete SysMonTask

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

Linuxmi@linuxmi:~/www.linuxmi.com$ sudo apt remove sysmontask

Then delete the PPA:

Linuxmi@linuxmi:~/www.linuxmi.com$ sudo add-apt-repository-r ppa:camel-neeraj/sysmontask

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

To me, function is more important than appearance. SysMonTask does have additional capabilities to monitor disk performance and check GPU statistics, which are typically not included in other system monitors.

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