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Monitor processes graphically

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- [Instructor] We can monitor processes and other system resources graphically with a tool called GNOME System Monitor. We can find this application in the Applications menu, System Tools, System Monitor. If it's not there, it may need to be installed. You can install it by typing, "sudo yum install -y GNOME-system-monitor". As soon as the install finishes, run it. GNOME System Monitor has three tabs: Processes, Resources, and File Systems. The Processes tab shows running processes on the system started by your user. If you want to end a process, you can just click on one and then click on the End Process button at the bottom of the window. You can do some of the functions of the top command by right-clicking on a process in the list. We can kill the process or change its priority. We can also get process information by choosing the Properties menu item. The process properties shows the status, who ran the process, memory usage, CPU usage, the nice level, and the process ID. Near the…

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