Chapter 3.1.6 qps
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qps a graphical task manager included with Lubuntu.

Version
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Lubuntu ships with version 1.10.18 of qps. 

Useage
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To see your memory useage in qps look at the bar that says :Guilabel:`MEM`. The bar for :guilabel:`CPU` useage shows CPU useage with a bar graph with useage with a bar graphc for cpu useage. The :guilabel:`Uptime` in the top bar shows how long your computer has been running. A blue bar showing file input output shows graph in blue. Above this there is a green graph that shows your CPU useage as a graph.  

To sort your processes by memory click on the mem tab. To have your processes sorted by CPU percentage press the button :guilabel:`CPU%` To have your processes sorted by CPU%.  To sort by the command line of each process you can press the command line. To sort by how much memory is used by each process click on the :guilabel:`mem` tab. 

To change the update period is to :menuselection:`Option --> Update Period`. To change your font :menuselection:`Option --> Prefrences` or put an appearance with the font and font size.

To search for a particular process you can type your type into the search bar right above a particular process right above it. To terminate a process right click on it and select terminate or press :kbd:`delete`. To kill a process move the mouse over it right click and select kill or press :kbd:`Alt + K`.    

Screenshot
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.. image:: qps.png

How to launch
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To launch qps go to the menu :menuselection:`System Tools --> qps` or run 

.. code:: 

   qps 
   
from the command line. 
