submitted 3 months ago by cm0002@lemmings.world to c/linux@programming.dev

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Always thought top was one of those programs frozen in time since the 70s, but apparently, it has a feature set comparable to htop and the like. The default configuration just doesn't show much of it...

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[-] Gutek8134@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Eh, system will take care of the orphans

[-] loweffortname@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 months ago

Turning them into Zombies is certainly a way of dealing with orphans, sure...

[-] Gutek8134@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

New decoration idea for Halloween: orphaned zombie processes

[-] loweffortname@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago

Just some numbers with a Z next to them...

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