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2012-09-07 , 20:43
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Originally Posted by dagee04 View Post
Yea I've used top before. Shows too many things going on and things keep changing.
Try typing "m" while top is running, that should make it sort by memory usage rather than cpu usage. As memory usage doesn't change as quickly, it should be easier to keep up with.

Can you give me examples of other programs I could try so I can compare?
Unfortunately, I really haven't tried much of anything else; I've been a Unix head for something like 20 years now, and I'm so used to "top" that I've never really felt the need to mess with similar tools.