Use htop to monitor and manage system processes
Monday, March 10th, 2008
Most people familiar with Linux have used the top command line utility to see what process is taking the most CPU or memory. There’s another utility called htop that is much easier to use for normal tasks and it provides far more functionality.
The wonderful thing about htop is that it will show you your usage per CPU, as well as a meaningful text graph of your memory and swap usage right at the top. It provides more information at first glance and makes it easier for the end user. Not to mention it’s far more colorful, making it easier on the eyes.
Most distributions have htop in their repos. So you can apt-get, yum, or user zypper to install it. If you do not have it in your distribution’s repo’s you can always install it from source here: http://htop.sourceforge.net/index.php?page=downloads