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I wrote Task Manager and I just remembered something (2020)

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Re: I wrote Task Manager and I just remembered something (2020)

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Post by eganist »

> Task Manager will load in reduced mode if resources are short, like only loading the Processes page if that's what's needed to get going. It's one of the very few apps that won't just "fail and bail" when things go wrong.

This has saved me a few times, but every time I've seen it I always figured task manager was just failing to completely load. Glad to know that this was a deliberate state.

Re: I wrote Task Manager and I just remembered something (2020)

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Post by aflag »

newsclues wrote: post #9
tommek4077 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, because linux is so locked down you cant access, manipulate or kill processes in any way else...

Windows, when it’s good, is actually great, and task manager is an example of good UI and functional backend. Linux just hasn’t built the same easy interface but of course it can do the same things, but no one has built the UI

I think it's a matter of getting used to. The task manager drives me mad. I never feel like I'm full control or know what's going on. Whereas with kill, ps, top and friends I feel like I can diagnose things a lot better. The task manager doesn't even seem to have a search bar, whereas I can just use "grep" in linux. Just right now I was trying to see if indeed it didn't have a search bar and task manager crashed when I tried to exit it. I'm more used to have several small tools I can compose and do what I need instead of having a single app where I have to hope the developers thought about the specific thing I need it to do.

Re: I wrote Task Manager and I just remembered something (2020)

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Post by amelius »

newsclues wrote: post #9
tommek4077 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, because linux is so locked down you cant access, manipulate or kill processes in any way else...

Windows, when it’s good, is actually great, and task manager is an example of good UI and functional backend. Linux just hasn’t built the same easy interface but of course it can do the same things, but no one has built the UI

No, it's there (see other comments in this thread), but it wasn't the default in the OP's distro.

Re: I wrote Task Manager and I just remembered something (2020)

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Post by Anonymous4272 »

est wrote: post #3

I miss taskmgr so much on Linux/macOS. Everything in taskmgr feels so logical and manageable without extra steps.

Is ksysguard not similar to task manager? The only advantage task manager has over it is that it can show the rw speed for externally plugged in devices like that, whereas ksysgaurd you have to add it manually?

Re: I wrote Task Manager and I just remembered something (2020)

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Post by marcellus23 »

est wrote: post #3

I miss taskmgr so much on Linux/macOS. Everything in taskmgr feels so logical and manageable without extra steps.

What do you like about task manager compared to e.g. Activity Monitor? Activity Monitor has always seemed powerful and well-designed to me.

Re: I wrote Task Manager and I just remembered something (2020)

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Post by MegaDeKay »

simplyinfinity wrote: post #5

Dave also has his own YT channel full of "hidden" stories about old microsoft tech he worked on. Be sure to check him out, he's got quite a few good ones :) https://www.youtube.com/c/DavesGarage/videos

And it isn't just old Microsoft tech. For one, he holds a world record high score for Tempest. For another, he's done some very cool projects with addressable LED strips: the Tiki Umbrella and Atomic Lamp are spectacular! It is his projects that sent me down the LED rabbit hole, though my weapon of choice ended up being the WLED project.

Re: I wrote Task Manager and I just remembered something (2020)

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Post by newman8r »

est wrote: post #3

I miss taskmgr so much on Linux/macOS. Everything in taskmgr feels so logical and manageable without extra steps.

I like to leave htop, lnav and s-tui on one of my i3 wokspaces - works well for me. I do remember appreciating the task manager back in my windows days in the 90s though.
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