There is no shortage of programs to monitor your PC’s formula resources, no matter what operational formula you use. But it is less common to find software that looks so beautiful in a terminal window. See to believe, and I challenge you not to fall in love with the exclusive beauty of bashtop.
Bashtop is a cross-platform resource monitor for Linux, macOS, and FreeBSD. Tracks your PC’s processor core usage (and time through the heart!), USING RAM and disk (including existing read/write speeds), bandwidth consumption, and running processes. You can also delete processes and send prevention signals.
It does everything you’d expect from a resource monitor and some things you wouldn’t.
For example, the goodness of the bashtop gradient is inspired by video games. Press the Echap button and you’ll see a menu of retro-style pauses (and yes, stop Bashtop) where you can explore a multitude of features or exit the app.
These functions are easy to navigate. In this menu, you can set the refresh interval, replace the displayed disks, adjust the format of your watch, and a multitude of more complex settings for experienced users.
ABOVE: WATCH BASHTOP IN ACTION
Bashtop also supports themes and comes with 10 built-in color schemes. At least some of them are simply dazzling. This app looks so beautiful that I dedicate my screen for the moment (an attractive concept is to launch it automatically with a drop-down terminal app like Guake or Yakuake).
The only problem is that it drains your system’s resources more than anything like htop; again, it’s much less difficult for the eyes, so for me it’s an appropriate compromise.
Of course, Bashtop should be built from sources, however, if you are on Ubuntu or on any Snap-enabled Linux distribution, this is a sudo snap bashtop installation. It is also in the official Fedora deposits (sudo dnf install bashtop) and in AUR.
The detailed installation can be found here.
There is also a new Python edition of the Bashtop logo, or BPYTOP, which adds faster responsiveness, greater customization, and mouse support.
I’ve covered the PC and GAMING generation industry for over a decade and am proud to be one of the 30 most sensible podcasters in the world. In addition to covering the exciting
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