How/Where do I check my ubuntu laptops's CPU usage?

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Additionally, try out this page for more information. This is very comprehensive and surely answers a lot of queries, although I personally feel using system monitor is the best solution. — senior_mle, Nov 13 '16 at 14:02

Raja G · Answer 1 · 2013-12-30T15:12:53.213

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HTOP

is a lightweight text-mode process viewer packed with handy features such as killing processes without entering their PID, displaying full command lines, etc with a colour display

How to install

open your Terminal (Ctrl-Alt-T ) and Type

sudo apt-get install htop

To run: type htop This will show what you are asking. .

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edited Dec 30 '13 at 15:12

answered Mar 22 '12 at 09:01

Raja G

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@stephen-myall Thanks for edit . its look nice now . – Raja G Aug 18 '12 at 15:20
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Why is this the accepted answer when an earlier answer provided a faster builtin solution? This answers questions that weren't even asked. – deanresin May 16 '18 at 05:21
@deanresin I completely agree with you. But if you know how to use htop then you will know how to monitor each CPU core performance. Thank you. – Raja G May 16 '18 at 09:50
If F10 does not quit htop but shows some menu, as prompted at bottom, press q or ctrl - c to exit. – themefield Sep 29 '18 at 15:33

score 89 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 22 '12 at 05:48

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In your dash i.e. pressing super key search for system monitor application.

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If you are comfortable with command line there are tools like top and htop where cpu usage can be viewed as well.

answered Mar 22 '12 at 05:48

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gnome-system-monitor is not installed by default on Ubuntu 18.04 anymore for some reason, you need sudo apt install gnome-system-monitor first: http://releases.ubuntu.com/18.04/ubuntu-18.04.3-desktop-amd64.manifest – Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com Sep 18 '19 at 12:28

score 35 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 22 '12 at 14:55

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As said in previous answer you can use system monitor which is the best tool. If you want more information you can try some commands on terminal

top - its a command to see all the processes and their CPU usage. Just read the screen carefully and you would find lot of other useful information there. you can press Ctrl+c to close it.

Or you can also try cat /proc/cpuinfo - for other information about cpu

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answered Mar 22 '12 at 07:41

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You can also quit top by simply pressing the q key – Attila Fulop Aug 10 '13 at 07:42
"As said in previous answer you can use system monitor which is the best tool" - best out of which other tools? Have you tried KSysGuard, for example? – Dan Dascalescu Apr 07 '20 at 16:30

How/Where do I check my ubuntu laptops's CPU usage?

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