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		bediger4000 on Nov 11, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Linux ate my RAM Wait, so it's good to not show people everything? Iknow my taste in user interfaces is very different than most, but this really explains a lot.

Navarr on Nov 11, 2013 | [–]

UI/UX design includes knowing what users don't want to see and appropriately hiding it from them.

puppypilgrim on Nov 11, 2013 | | [–]

Must be the same principle the NSA is operating on then. ;)

jlgreco on Nov 11, 2013 | [–]

Even htop doesn't show you everything it can by default. See the (default off) option "Detailed CPU time (System/IO-Wait/Hard-IRQ/Soft-IRQ/Steal/Guest)"

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