SysMonTask, WSysMon and SysMon: Alternative Task Managers for Linux
The Variety of GNU/Linux Distributions it is usually as varied as that of different and similar applications. For this reason, for example, we can choose between different office suites, PDF readers, image viewers, multimedia editors, system terminals and task managers or process managers, among many other categories.
And precisely, in this last mentioned category, that is, task managers, there are many alternatives already known for being integrated into each of the best-known Desktop Environments, such as GNOME, KDE Plasma, XFCE, LXDE, LXQt, Matte, Cinnamon, and many others. However, there are others, little known, for being developed by independent third parties, such as the ones we will see below and are called: "SysMonTask, WSysMon, and SysMon".
But, before starting this post about the interesting alternative developments of task managers called "SysMonTask, WSysMon, and SysMon", we recommend you explore the previous Related content, at the end of reading it:
SysMonTask, WSysMon and SysMon: Task Managers
About SysMonTask, WSysMon and SysMon task managers
SysMonTask
According to his official website on GitHub, SysMonTask is a Linux System Monitor application with the compactness and usefulness of the Windows task manager with the aim of achieving greater control and monitoring under an interface already familiar to many. And among its features are: the use of CPU, Memory, Disk and Network resource monitoring graphs; Usage statistics for CPU, Memory, Disk, Network Adapters and individual Nvidia GPUs; and Lists of mounted disks and processes executed in the OS.
WSysMon
According to his official website on GitHub, WSysMon is a very new development of the Windows Task Manager (SysMon) Linux Clone. And since it is just starting, it is very small in size (1.08 MB). While, among its few current features are: The classic list of currently running processes, where you only have the possibility of ending or killing a certain process, and online monitoring of vital elements, such as CPU, memory RAM, the Hard Disk and the various interfaces of wired and wireless networks.
sysmon
Under this name we find 2 interesting apps, which are the following:
- Microsoft's SysMon for Linux: According to his official website on GitHub, Microsoft's SysMon for Linux is a Terminal Tool (CLI) made in C and C++ language that monitors and logs all system activity.
- sysmon: According to his official website on GitHub, SysMon is a desktop tool (GUI) made in Python language that seeks to be a graphical System Monitor for Linux, providing vital information about various OS components.
Summary
In short, these interesting alternative developments of task managers called "SysMonTask, WSysMon, and SysMon" They can become in various GNU/Linux Distributions an element that is not only differentiating and striking from the visual point of view, but also a light, simple and functional application when it comes to fulfilling its objective of monitor and manipulate tasks or processes of our operating system. So, without a doubt, we invite you to try one of them on your current Distro. And then, tell us about your experience with it, via comments for everyone's knowledge.
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