HTOP is like Task Manager in MS Windows. It shows how the CPU and memory are being used by various tasks.
This can be useful if your Pi is somewhere remote and you want to check on its performance.


The demand on CPU and memory will look like this
Install and run HTOP
To begin a project, first change the user.
The Dataplicity terminal logs you in as a Dataplicity user, which does not have sudo access.
Type
su pi
to switch to the 'pi' user and then the password. By default this israspberry
, unless you've changed it.
To install the HTOP package, type:
sudo apt-get install htop
To run it, type:
sudo htop
Getting out of HTOP
To quit HTOP, type CTRL+C
Updated about a year ago