Show HN: Network Monitor – a GUI to spot anomalous connections on your Linux

A shiny new Rust-and-GTK4 app promises to show your Linux machine’s live connections in a friendly window, with real‑time in/out stats. The dev posted the repo, but the crowd instantly went CSI: “Enhance!” when one commenter blasted, “That screenshot… is mostly unreadable,” turning the launch into a UI roast. Under the hood, the tool reads the output of “ss,” a built‑in command that lists network connections. That sparked a split: one camp grumbled that scraping command text is brittle, and mordechai9000 admitted they hate it too—yet did the same thing because it’s fast and works. Another camp flexed: use eBPF, a kernel‑level “tap” for data, for cleaner results. Techier folks nodded, but pm2222 shut it down with a reality check: eBPF/XDP is “nice and hard to use,” wishing for classic packet capture (pcap) simplicity. Meanwhile, WD‑42 cheered the stack, saying the Rust + GTK bindings feel productive and “so fast,” giving the dev a morale boost. So the drama is set: Pragmatists vs Purists, with memes about fuzzy screenshots and “choose your fighter: Scrape vs Probe.” Whether you love quick hacks or prefer fancy kernel magic, the community made this tiny app the day’s big debate—and a fun one to watch.