iotop works like top, but it watches your disk instead of your CPU.

A smarter way to monitor Linux resources without switching between tools.

Note that the command output displays user, system and idle time along with other stats like disk read and write activity, interrupts and context switches. The following command displays the top ...

It's a rare occasion that my Linux desktop slows down. That's not to say it never happens, as that would be a lie. Most often, when a system slowdown occurs, I can usually trace it back to a specific ...