That means 0.70 per CPU core. Personally, I like to use htop for resource monitoring on Linux. It gives you a view of all CPU core usage in addition to load averages, memory usage, and more.

That means, reading from left to right ... It is my hope that this serves not only as a practical interpretation of Linux's load averages but also illuminates some of the dark mathematical shadows ...

let's take a step back and discuss what load means on a Linux machine and how to know when it's high. Uptime and Load When administrators mention high load, generally they are talking about the load ...

is not running on another Linux system I have remote access to, so off I go about removing it. I re-compiled the kernel with the "Loop Block Device" set a module, reboot and whammo! Load averages ...