XOSVIEW is a wonderful realtime performance monitor – CPU, Memory, Network, Hardrives.
 
Running from the LINUX XWINDOW SERVER 
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apt-get update
apt-get install xosview
xosview &
 
If it complains about font this or font that:
 
xosview -font fixed &
 
Running from Windows
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1. download and install putty – google “putty”
2. download and install xming and launch it – google “xming”
3. open putty and on the first open tab (or Category as putty calls it) called “Session”
Hostname: your server
Port: your servers SSH port
Connection Type: SSH
– Dont hit “open” and connect just yet
4. Expand the tab/category “Connection” and then “SSH” and go to the category “X11”
5. Check “Enable X11 Forwarding”
6. Leave the textbox that says X display location blank as default
7. Hit connect, and authenticate as you usually would to your server
 
apt-get update
apt-get install xosview
xosview &
 
* If it complains about font this or font that:
xosview -font fixed &
 
ABOUT RUNNING XOSVIEW
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When you resize it to fit your screen it will do it at turtle speed and eventually fit to the proportions you told it to, once it does fit it will be smooth.

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