System Log Viewer – view and monitor system logs

Last Updated on July 13, 2021

System Log Viewer is a graphical, menu-driven viewer to view and monitor system logs. System Log Viewer comes with a few functions that can help you manage your logs, including a log monitor and log statistics display.

System Log Viewer is useful if you are new to system administration because it provides an easier, more user-friendly display of your logs than a text display of the log file.

It is also useful for more experienced administrators, as it contains a monitor to enable you to continuously monitor important logs.

Features include:

• Simple to use.
• Live view that automatically refreshes.
• View logs such as:
  • Xorg.
  • auth.
  • bot.
  • boot.log.
  • bootstrap.log.
  • btmp.
  • daemon.log.
  • debug.
  • dmesg.
  • dpkg.
  • fontconfig.
  • jockey.
  • kern.
  • lpr.
  • mail.err.
  • mail.info.
  • mail.warn.
  • messages.
  • pm-powersave.
  • pycentral.
  • syslog.
  • udev.
  • ufw.
  • user.
• View log information including:
  • Number of lines in the log.
  • Size of the log.
  • Date the log was last modified.
• Monitor logs.
• Filters.
• Keyboard shortcuts.
• Unobtrusive highlighting.

Website: help.gnome.org/users/gnome-system-log/stable
Support:
Developer: Cesar Miquel, Glynn Foster, Fernando Herrera, Shakti Sen, Julio M Merino Vidal, Jason Leach, Christian Neumair, Jan Arne Petersen, Jason Long, Kjartan Maraas, Vincent Noel, Cosimo Cecchi
License: GNU GPL v2

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