Busy doing what: reading the processor line
Split the %Cpu(s) line eight ways, tell a disk-bound machine from a computing one, and name the owner of each verdict before touching anything.
20 minutesTechnical content last reviewed on 13 Sept 2026
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What this lesson builds
- Reading system state without over-reading it
- Saying what an output proves, and what it leaves open