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Add to SafariWhen comparing GKrellM vs vtop, the Slant community recommends GKrellM for most people. In the question“What are the best system monitors for UNIX-like systems?” GKrellM is ranked 12th while vtop is ranked 13th. The most important reason people chose GKrellM is:
Users can easily set GKrellM to monitor what they like (depending on what monitors are supported by their PC) such as CPU usage (which can be set to monitor each core individually), as well as temperatures and fan speeds.
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Customize what to monitor
Users can easily set GKrellM to monitor what they like (depending on what monitors are supported by their PC) such as CPU usage (which can be set to monitor each core individually), as well as temperatures and fan speeds.
Pro Many available plugins
The uses of the monitor can be expanded with available plugins ranging from weather information to TIVO information.
Pro Set up alerts
Through the settings one can set alarms and warning for each monitor, which allows one to always stay informed if anything is getting above what their set limits are.
Pro Nice Interface
looks good, and uses vim keys
Pro Clean interface
Cons
Con Default theme is not that great looking
The theme that comes by default for GKrellM is not really appealing to the eye and sadly many of the available themes are not that much better with fuzzy text and bad color choices.
Con Written in JavaScript
Heavier than the alternatives, despite having less functions.
Con Limited
Compared to alternatives like htop, vtop's functionality is limited.
