On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 at 16:04, Peter Nabbefeld <peter.nabbef...@gmx.de> wrote: > > since some days, I'm noticing HD is too busy, and my laptop is very slow > in some cases. > > Are there any invisible background threads running? How can I find out > about those? Running top, cpu use should be only about 30%, so it should > wait for tasks to be executed, instead.
According to these two I suggest you take a look at the load, as it measures responsiveness more correctly than cpu time, as data transfer usually clogs up the machine the same as computing does. Use htop and turn on the IO_RATE column to find out which process uses your disks. Also, you might need to run as root to see the details of all processes. -- Oliver
