This isn't a KDE problem. You can find your distro forums and ask. If you're new to Linux, it's much better to use a more mainstream Linux distro such as Fedora KDE, Opensuse, Kubuntu etc. Answer from hrbutt180 on reddit.com
KDE Applications
apps.kde.org › plasma-systemmonitor
Plasma System Monitor - KDE Applications
Monitor app and system resource usage
KDE Store
store.kde.org › browse
System Monitor Pages (new) - KDE Store
Browse System Monitor Pages (new) Latest | https://store.kde.org/browse?cat=638&ord=latest | A community for free and open source software and libre content
Videos
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The New Plasma System Monitor In KDE - YouTube
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KDE Plasma 6.4: A smoother, friendlier desktop experience! - YouTube
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Adopt an App! ❤️ KDE Plasma System Monitor 🎛️ & Skanpage ...
Adopt an App! ❤️ KDE Plasma System Monitor 🎛️ & ...
Reddit
reddit.com › r/kde › the design of the system monitor is so minimalist and simple
r/kde on Reddit: The design of the System Monitor is so minimalist and simple
December 16, 2024 - ... Can I make the panel touch the corners of the screen when dodging windows but float when looking at the desktop? ... TIL that in KDE you can launch system activity monitor (Task Manager) by pressing Ctrl+Esc to monitor or terminate a process
Reddit
reddit.com › r/kde › spent some time customizing the system monitor
r/kde on Reddit: Spent some time customizing the System Monitor
February 17, 2025 - KDE Plasma's System Monitor gets a facelift and a new backend, letting you keep track of all your machine's resources, such as how much space you have left on your hard disks, the load on your CPU and the applications slowing down your system
GitHub
github.com › KDE › plasma-systemmonitor
GitHub - KDE/plasma-systemmonitor: An interface for monitoring system sensors, process information and other system resources · GitHub
plasma-systemmonitor provides an interface for monitoring system sensors, process information and other system resources. It is built on top of the faces system also used to provide widgets for plasma-desktop and makes use of the ksystemstats ...
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LinuxReviews
linuxreviews.org › KDE_System_Monitor
KDE System Monitor - LinuxReviews
The KDE System Monitor (ksysguard) is a task manager and system monitoring program made with the KDE Plasma desktop environment in mind. It has two default tabs for showing a process list and system load graphs by default.
Red Hat
docs.redhat.com › en › documentation › red_hat_enterprise_linux › 6 › html › performance_tuning_guide › s-analyzeperf-gnome
3.2. GNOME and KDE System Monitors | Performance Tuning Guide | Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 6 | Red Hat Documentation
The GNOME System Monitor displays basic system information and allows you to monitor system processes, and resource or file system usage.
Reddit
reddit.com › r/kde › where is the task manager/system monitor?
r/kde on Reddit: where is the task manager/system monitor?
July 9, 2024 -
I'm sorry if this is actually a distro specific and not a KDE issue.
I'm trying a live iso of a distro called CachyOS (cachyos.org), which is an Arch based distro, very similar to EndeavourOS with some tweaks. I wanted to install this on a desktop pc and want to make sure everything is detected etc.
It boots into Plasma 6. When I try to search for system monitor/task manager/sysguard etc I find nothing. There's no 'system about' I can find either. I then tried to search for ksysguard using the package manager, and there were a bunch of entries (its the AUR so I guess there are git versions too) and saw ksysgyard6, but it didn't install.
Like I said, if this is not a KDE issue, then sorry, but please let me know what I can install now.
It's FOSS
itsfoss.com › kde-system-monitor-tweaks
Getting More Out of KDE Plasma System Monitor
2 weeks ago - In other words, the System Monitor app works like a canvas where you can add widgets and configure them however you like. ... KDE System Monitor has the concept of "pages" and they are configured to display specific system information.
KDE UserBase
userbase.kde.org › KSysGuard
KSysGuard - KDE UserBase Wiki
March 1, 2024 - KSysGuard, also known as KDE System Guard and KDE System Monitor, is designed to make simple process control available to a user without needing to do any special setup - the defaults are usually perfectly adequate.
GitLab
invent.kde.org › plasma › plasma system monitor
Plasma / Plasma System Monitor · GitLab
May 7, 2020 - Join us at Akademy to celebrate KDE's 30th anniversary! Travel support requests are open till May 31st. Register now. An interface for monitoring system sensors, process information and other system resources
KDE Discuss
discuss.kde.org › brainstorm
Plasma System Monitor - Brainstorm - KDE Discuss
November 12, 2025 - Well basically system monitor used too much cpu for my liking, that i kept using top command in terminal. At the end i vibe coded my own nw.js based task monitor, that pauses on minimize. At first it used less cpu then system monitor, then i added disk usage monitoring, now it’s somewhat ...
Reddit
reddit.com › r/kde › whats a good system monitoring display program?
r/kde on Reddit: Whats a good system monitoring display program?
November 13, 2025 -
Not sure if this is the best sub to ask in, but i was thinking maybe KDE since maybe there is a widget for it?
The Picture is from my old PC when i ran windows on it, i used to use Aida64, but im pretty sure that doesn't work on Linux, besides it was crazy resource intensive.
A TUI could also look cool as a system monitor, so feel free to suggest!
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I just use KDE Plasmoids, the system monitor ones are built in by default.
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https://freelinuxtutorials.com/installing-turing-smart-screen-on-ubuntu-linux/ https://turzxmonitor.com/blogs/news/how-to-install-turing-turzx-python-package Might be worth checking out these, you might get it to work.
OMG! Ubuntu
omgubuntu.co.uk › home › news › plasma system monitor app
Plasma System Monitor is a Modern System Stats App for KDE - OMG! Ubuntu
November 8, 2020 - Plasma System Monitor is a new system monitoring app in development for the KDE Plasma desktop. See what it looks like and learn how it works.
Manjaro Linux
forum.manjaro.org › support › kde plasma
Configuring "System Monitor Sensor" - KDE Plasma - Manjaro Linux Forum
March 25, 2022 - Hello Manjaro KDE users I hope you can help out an MX Linux KDE user. I am trying to configure the “System Monitor Sensor” widget for the taskbar to monitor CPU, RAM and GPU use. However, there is no entry for “GPU” the…