[thanatos519]

I have cpu, network, memory, and i/o graphs in my desktop panel for this reason.

MATE desktop but I bet there are equivalents everywhere.

[teknico]

Same here with KDE Plasma. Also GPU usage, and CPU/GPU/SDDs/Wifi card temperatures.

[Gordonjcp]

Don't they get covered up by useful stuff?

[red-iron-pine]

multimonitors are cheap and if you're not gaming or doing intensive things most CPUs and onboard graphics can handle em just fine.

2 monitors for stuff i'm doing, and a 3rd for discord / email / system stats

[Gordonjcp]

How do you manage with only three monitors...?