For this project, we set out to create an extended, user friendly version of the linux “proc” preudo-filesystem. This initial version displays Java-based user interface that is similar in appearance to the Windows process manager. It has the usability advantage of being intuitive to anyone who is familiar with that tool.
However, unlike the Windows process manager, Proc++ allows the user to double click on a process and obtain a great deal of specific, detailed information about it. Some of it is technical information that may appeal to power users and programmers (page faults, context switches, etc), while some is information that anyone might find interesting, such as the filename and directory of the executing process. In addition to displaying this information, Proc++ also gives the users the option to kill the process, ala Windows process manager, but also the ability to pause or resume the process.
The other major feature of Proc++ is that it can be configured to work on a local machine or remotely. If properly set up, a user can run the GUI client on a local windows machine, setup the daemon on linux server, and view/manage the server’s processes remotely.
(Note: the values entered in there are largely dummy values for the purposes of the screenshot)
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