In the realm of Linux system administration and development, the importance of efficient and comprehensive system monitoring cannot be overstated. Monitoring the health, performance, and reliability ...

The Mission Center system monitor for Linux adds some new features that will appeal to a broader user base, especially those with laptops.

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 ...

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 ...

In previous articles, I took a look at Zabbix, a scalable, open-source monitoring solution designed to track the performance and availability of IT infrastructure, including servers, networks, ...

Swap space can play an important role in system performance. Learn how to determine how much swap space your system has available and how much it's being used. Most of us don’t often think about swap ...

A new beta of Resources, the system monitor tool Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ships with by default, is out with expanded AMD NPU stats and temperature reporting for ...

Failed logins can be legitimate human error or attempts to hack your Linux system, but either way they might flag something that warrants attention. Repeated failed ...