What Do You Mean?
There comes a time in every computer users life where their computer is running slow and they don't know why, they want to know if they need to upgrade their hardware, or they're curious about their resource usage. System Monitor is the Ubuntu application to see how much of their computer hardware is being used at any given time.
How Do I Get To It?
To get to the System Monitor, all you have to do is click the Ubuntu symbol in the top left, type System Monitor, and click the application icon. This will pull up the System Monitor.
What Is What?
Resources
The main tab in this application is the resources tab, it shows your CPU usage, RAM usage, and network usage. The higher the peaks in the graphs, the more resources are being used. The more resources used, the slower the computer performs(generally). In order to cut down on resource usage, simply close unused applications. The operating system itself uses a chunk of RAM and CPU swell, so don't worry if you can't get the graph to the bottom.
Processes
Another important tab is the Processes tab, this shows the current processes that are running both in the foreground and background. You can use this screen to end processes similar to the Windows Task Manager. It also displays the specific amount of CPU and RAM a specific application is using.
File Systems
The File Systems tab displays information related to storage, here you can see all your drives and at a glance see how much storage you are using and how much is left. This is very useful for knowing if you need to upgrade your drives or not.
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