The bpytop tool works a lot like other performance monitoring tools, but gives you tremendous control over what it shows you. The bpytop tool is similar to other performance monitoring tools available ...

Before diving into the tools themselves, it's crucial to understand the key metrics that indicate the health of a Linux system. These include CPU utilization, memory usage, disk activity, and network ...

Want to monitor a device's resources remotely without SSH? Take a look at the first one.

Linux tip: Many users are all too familiar with using Ctrl+Alt+Del (or, on a Mac, Cmd+Opt+Esc) to kill unresponsive processes. There isn't a comparable keyboard shortcut for Linux by default, but a ...

Suse Linux and Windows will become more closely integrated next week, when Novell releases a product allowing Microsoft management tools to monitor the open-source operating system. Novell said in a ...

Most similar to top is iotop. This program shows you the total and current disk read and write numbers for the file system and also shows you who is eating up the most disk I/O. This screen looks busy ...

Cfengine, from the start, has had security as a key part of its design and use scenarios. Here, I demonstrate how Cfengine 3 can be used to increase the security of a Linux system by monitoring file ...

If your data center houses Linux servers, you'll be glad to know there's an easy way to monitor those machines. Jack Wallen shows you how with the help of nmon. If you make use of Linux in your data ...

Veteran sysadmin and tech blogger Rachel Kroll posted a cryptic warning yesterday about a popular Linux system monitoring tool. Maybe it's better to be safe than sorry.… The post is titled: "You might ...

There are a number of commands on Linux that you can use to manage user accounts and monitor user activity. This post provides details on the commands that you need to know if you are managing a Linux ...