How/Where do I check my ubuntu laptops's CPU usage?
How/Where do I check my ubuntu laptops's CPU usage?
HTOP
is a lightweight text-mode process viewer packed with handy features such as killing processes without entering their PID, displaying full command lines, etc with a colour display
How to install
open your Terminal (Ctrl-Alt-T ) and Type
sudo apt-get install htopTo run: type
htopThis will show what you are asking. .
@stephen-myall Thanks for edit . its look nice now .
Why is this the accepted answer when an earlier answer provided a faster builtin solution? This answers questions that weren't even asked.
@deanresin I completely agree with you. But if you know how to use htop then you will know how to monitor each CPU core performance. Thank you.
If `F10` does not quit htop but shows some menu, as prompted at bottom, press `q` or `ctrl - c` to exit.
In your dash i.e. pressing
superkey search for system monitor application.
If you are comfortable with command line there are tools like
topandhtopwhere cpu usage can be viewed as well.gnome-system-monitor is not installed by default on Ubuntu 18.04 anymore for some reason, you need `sudo apt install gnome-system-monitor` first: http://releases.ubuntu.com/18.04/ubuntu-18.04.3-desktop-amd64.manifest
As said in previous answer you can use system monitor which is the best tool. If you want more information you can try some commands on terminal
top- its a command to see all the processes and their CPU usage. Just read the screen carefully and you would find lot of other useful information there. you can press Ctrl+c to close it.Or you can also try
cat /proc/cpuinfo- for other information about cpuYou can also quit top by simply pressing the `q` key
"As said in previous answer you can use system monitor which is the best tool" - best out of which other tools? Have you tried `KSysGuard`, for example?
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Arnab Sanyal 4 years ago
Additionally, try out this page for more information. This is very comprehensive and surely answers a lot of queries, although I personally feel using system monitor is the best solution.