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By thunderbong 2025-11-0818:101 reply Page title is -
btop: A monitor of resources
As per HN guidelines [0] -
> Please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize.
By vismit2000 2025-11-092:43 I apologize for incorrect title. Thanks for bringing this in light. This was due to ignorance of guidelines and not disregard for them. Will take care from next time. Can't edit or delete the post now. Requesting dang to edit/delete.
i dont think they could have possibly chosen a word to make me want to use it less than gamified.
By forgotpwd16 2025-11-0816:444 reply The project simply has "game inspired menu system". OP, probably unaware for what gamify truly means, used this term. That said a gamified system monitor will've been quite funny project to see. "Achievement unlocked: Run out of memory!"
There was something years ago, Doom, but all the monsters were PIDs. If you wanted a process dead, you shot it.
By onraglanroad 2025-11-0817:02 psDooM. It's still available https://psdoom.sourceforge.net/download.html
By vismit2000 2025-11-092:45 Exactly. Apologizing for poor choice of words (English not being my first language). TIL what "gamification" actually means.
By clickety_clack 2025-11-0816:59 GPU at 90°C: New high score!
The poster appears to be Indian from their HN profile. How about we extend some grace for a slight misunderstanding of the nuances of a term that isn't particularly common in day to day discussions?
I see your point, but I think the anger comes from the fact that
1. the title was unneccessarily editorialized, 2. the word gamified is used wrong here, and 3. There was never any good reason to add the word gamified to the title, other than adding a buzzword.
The feedback people give is probably a bit harsh, but I find it understandable. If you don’t know what a term means, don’t use it - especially not if it’s completely unnecessary as in this case.
By vismit2000 2025-11-092:55 Agreed. Shouldn't have used the term without proper understanding as it gives a totally different meaning in hindsight. Sorry for that
By ghuffed 2025-11-091:32 [flagged]
By zaik 2025-11-0817:01 Nowhere on the GitHub page does the project describe itself as "gamified", it's just the title of the HN submission
By tom_ 2025-11-0816:42 It's not obviously the project's choice itself. See thread here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45857774
By sorokod 2025-11-0816:38 Would a mention of loot boxes move you?
By mouse_ 2025-11-0816:38 agree
By trevortheblack 2025-11-0821:561 reply I used to have btop running in a stand-alone terminal, so that I could monitor my system for any weirdness, but I ended up ending the practice as btop leaks memory like crazy:
https://github.com/aristocratos/btop/issues/912
It wasn't uncommon for gigabytes of ram getting taken up after a day or two of uptime
By woleium 2025-11-0823:05 i have had the current packaged debian version running for a couple of months on a server next to my desk. no memory issues here.
