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Why so many cli-focused users are so interested by CPU usage/temp, net throughput and extra stats in the status bar, like in the main screenshot? Yeah I kmow it
by darkwater 5y ago
Why so many cli-focused users are so interested by CPU usage/temp, net throughput and extra stats in the status bar, like in the main screenshot? Yeah I kmow it's a status bar so it should display status, but as a CLI user myself I'm genuinely curious because if I want to know what's happening, I just have a look at top or similar tooling, then I close it and continue with my tasks. Do you change your behavior based on the status of the system? Are you checking it very often?
- cameronperot 5y agoFor me it's just an easy way to notice if something is unexpectedly eating up resources, then I know to pull up htop to figure out what it is and kill it if needed.
- snide 5y agoFor me because in these sort of bespoke Linux setups I've found that temp / mem usage needs to be watched for spikes a lot more than something like my Mac. I run a fairly large typescript monorepo, and when I'm also running a zoom screenshare it's something I need to be aware of. I'm running an arch setup, and because it's fairly barebones I needed to learn about temp / power control regulators like TLP.