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Comment by vanc_cefepime | Hacker News Reader

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I typed 'atop' in my Linux Mint 22.1 laptop/desktop, says it's not found but can be installed. So I think Linux Mint is in the clear, I tried my Ubuntu 24.04 server and same thing there as well as my proxmox home lab instance. I checked that Repology link and I did see Ubuntu, but I guess that is for Ubuntu desktop but not sever edition?

ps. If I said anything wrong, please correct me. I'm a linux newb who jumped from Microsoft's world after getting fed up with their Win11 BS. I'm still learning quite a bit about linux daily.

> I'm a linux newb who jumped from Microsoft's world after getting fed up

Welcome to the dark side my friend, it's better here.

> If I said anything wrong, please correct me

Nothing wrong, but if you ever want to see if something is present without actually running it, consider these commands:

    ps aux | grep atop # is there a running process named atop?

    which atop # is there a runnable command named atop on the PATH?

And since you've referenced some Debian-derived distros, maybe also

    apt list --installed | grep atop # has apt installed a package named atop?

If it does contain something troubling, running the command to see if it was present might expose you to whatever the trouble is.

No, that sounds about right.

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