How to use System Monitoring Center to get info on your Linux system

System Monitoring Center is a neat little app that users can use to view important system information. In this guide, we’ll show you how to install the software on your computer and how to use it too.

Installing System Monitoring Center on Linux

System Monitoring Center supports Ubuntu, Debian, Arch Linux, Fedora, OpenSUSE, and other Linux operating systems. However, the app isn’t included in any software repositories. Instead, it must be downloaded from the official website and installed.

To get System Monitoring Center working on your Linux computer, start by opening up a terminal window on the Linux desktop. Launch a terminal window by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T on the keyboard. Or, search for “Terminal” in the app menu and launch it that way.

The setup can begin with the terminal window open and ready to use. Install System Monitoring Center on your computer by following the installation instructions below that match the Linux OS you use.

Ubuntu

To get System Monitoring Center working on Ubuntu, start by downloading the latest DEB package from the official website. You can download it by using the wget download command below.

wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/system-monitoring-center/files/v1.1.0/system-monitoring-center_1.1.0_all.deb/download -O ~/Downloads/system-monitoring-center_1.1.0_all.deb

After downloading the System Monitoring Center DEB package to your computer, install it using the apt install command down below.

cd ~/Downloads/

sudo apt install ./system-monitoring-center_1.1.0_all.deb

Debian

System Monitoring Center works on Debian, but you’ll have to download the official DEB package to get it set up. To get your hands on System Monitoring Center on Debian, use the following wget download command.

wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/system-monitoring-center/files/v1.1.0/system-monitoring-center_1.1.0_all.deb/download -O ~/Downloads/system-monitoring-center_1.1.0_all.deb

Once the DEB package is downloaded, install it using the dpkg command on your computer. This command will set up the package on Debian.

cd ~/Downloads/

sudo dpkg -i system-monitoring-center_1.1.0_all.deb

When the package is set up on your computer, you must correct any dependency issues during the installation process.

sudo apt-get install -f

Arch Linux

System Monitoring Center isn’t available for Arch Linux on the official download page. However, there is an AUR package that users can grab and set up.

To start the installation process, use the pacman -S command and set up the “git” and “base-devel” packages. These packages are required to interact with the AUR.

sudo pacman -S git base-devel

After setting up the two packages, use the git clone command to grab the Trizen AUR helper tool. Then, install it on your system using the makepkg command.

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/trizen.git

cd trizen/

makepkg -sri

With the Trizen app set up, you can use it to install the System Monitoring Center on your computer.

trizen -S system-monitoring-center

Fedora

If you’d like to install the System Monitoring Center app on your Fedora Linux system, you must download the RPM package to your computer and install it using the dnf install command.

wget install https://sourceforge.net/projects/system-monitoring-center/files/v1.1.0/system-monitoring-center-1.1.0-1.noarch.rpm/download -O system-monitoring-center-1.1.0-1.noarch.rpm

sudo dnf install system-monitoring-center-1.1.0-1.noarch.rpm

OpenSUSE

To get the System Monitoring Center app on OpenSUSE, use the wget download command and grab the latest RPM package. Then, use the zypper install command to get it working.

wget install https://sourceforge.net/projects/system-monitoring-center/files/v1.1.0/system-monitoring-center-1.1.0-1.noarch.rpm/download -O system-monitoring-center-1.1.0-1.noarch.rpm

sudo zypper install system-monitoring-center-1.1.0-1.noarch.rpm

Use System Monitoring Center to get info on your Linux system

To use the System Monitoring Center app to get info on your Linux system, you’ll need to launch the app. Search for “System Monitoring Center” in the app menu to launch it on your computer.

Performance

To view performance for your computer in the System Monitoring Center, click on the “Performance” button. Once you’ve selected this button, you’ll be able to look at your CPU in the “CPU” section, your RAM in the “RAM” section, your Disks in the “Disk” section, networking info in the “Network” area, GPU information in the “GPU” area, and hardware sense info in the “Sensors” area.

Users

Need some info on the users on your Linux system? If so, find the “Users” button in System Monitoring Center. Then, click on it to view users. From here, you’ll see a list of all available users on your Linux system, as well as information about it.

Startup

Want to manage what your Linux PC runs at startup? If so, click on the “Startup” section inside of the System Monitoring Center. Once you do, you’ll see a list of startup items.

Look through the list of startup items and uncheck things you wish to remove from startup.

Environment Variables

While managing environment variables isn’t something most users need to do on Linux, System Monitoring Center lets you. To modify the variables, click on the “Environment Variable” section. Then, modify the variables shown in the list.

Processes

To manage running processes on your system with System Monitoring Center, click on the “Processes” button with the mouse. After that, look through the list of running processes and right-click on them to stop, restart, or modify them.

Storage

To view connected storage devices on your Linux PC inside of the System Monitoring Center app, click on “Storage.” Once you’ve selected the “Storage” button, you’ll see a list of your storage devices.

To mount a storage device from the System Monitoring Center, right-click on it. Then, select the “Mount” option. To unmount, select “Unmount.”

Services

Although you should not manipulate services running on your Linux computer (unless you know how services work on Linux,) the System Monitoring Center app can modify services.

To modify a system service on your computer, click on the “Services” button. Then, look through the services list to find what service you wish to modify.

System

For information on your computer (kernel, OS, etc.), click on the “System” button. Once this button is selected, you’ll see a complete printout of your system information in the app.

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