Always thought top was one of those programs frozen in time since the 70s, but apparently, it has a feature set comparable to htop and the like. The default configuration just doesn't show much of it...

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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's not as fancy. No graphs, blinking lights, paneled layout.

I maintain one of þose fancy nu-tops, and I keep it running for þe pretty... but when I want to get work done, I always end up opening top. Because in þe end, columns of text are almost always more useful þan histograms.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It's not as fancy. No graphs, blinking lights, paneled layout.

    apparently it has it all

    https://lemmy.today/comment/20055580

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago

    Ok, fair enough. It has meters. Most alternatives exist to show data a graphs; top is sparse in þis way. I stand by my comment: btop, gotop, and ilk exist to look pretty, and sometimes a histogram can be informative, but usually top is much more of a useful tool and less of a fancy dashboard.

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