Monitoring Tools
Performance monitors are tools designed to track and analyze your system’s performance in real-time. They provide detailed insights into CPU usage, memory consumption, disk activity, network traffic, and more. With customizable options and clear graphical displays, performance monitors help you identify bottlenecks, troubleshoot issues, and optimize system performance effectively. Whether you’re a casual user or a system administrator, these tools are great for keeping your system running smoothly.
1. General System Monitoring
This is used to monitor normal system and resource usage, similar to the Task Manager on Windows. It lets you see all resource usage at a glance and ensures everything is working as it should.
Mission Center
Mission Center is the closest thing to a 1:1 replacement for Task Manager on Linux, but with more features. For example, it can show your fan speed alongside all the usual stats.
Installation:
flatpak install flathub io.missioncenter.MissionCenter
Usage: Just open the app from your applications menu or run:
flatpak run io.missioncenter.MissionCenter
Btop
Btop is a terminal-based resource monitor showing usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network, and running processes.
Installation
sudo pacman -S btop # Arch Linux
sudo apt install btop # Debian/Ubuntu
sudo dnf install btop # Fedora
Usage: Type btop in the terminal to launch the monitor or use the app.
2. In-Game / Overlay Performance Monitor
Overlay monitors show system stats directly on top of games or GPU-heavy apps, so you can track FPS, temperatures, CPU/GPU load, and more without leaving your game. This helps you spot performance issues right away.
Mangohud
MangoHud is an overlay for Vulkan and OpenGL games that displays FPS, temps, CPU/GPU load, VRAM usage, and other useful stats. Since RivaTuner isn’t available on Linux, MangoHud is the go-to alternative , it looks and works similarly.
Installtion:
sudo pacman -S mangohud goverlay #Arch Linux
sudo apt install mangohud goverlay #Debian
ssudo dnf install amngohud goverlay #Fedora
Usage: For steam games: Steam:
Right-click the game in your library.
Select Properties.
Go to Launch Options.
Add this command:
mangohud %command%
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For lutris and Herioc game laucher: Lutris:
Right-click the game.
Select Configure.
Go to the System options tab.
Check the box for Enable MangoHud.
Herioic game laucher:
Select the game.
Go to the Game settings.
Toggle Enable MangoHud on.
Customizing the Overlay: Open Goverlay , it has a simple, intuitive UI organized into sections. You can easily navigate and enable the stats you want.
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