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In an era where internet connectivity is nearly as essential as electricity, keeping tabs on your network's bandwidth usage is crucial, whether you're managing a server, debugging network applications, or just trying to find out which application is eating up all your bandwidth. One of the many tools available for Linux users is bmon (Bandwidth Monitor). It's a lightweight and powerful network monitoring tool that provides real-time bandwidth data in an easy-to-digest graphical format. In this guide, we'll delve into what bmon is, why it's useful, and provide detailed installation instructions for various Linux distributions using different package managers. We’ll also cover basic usage to get you started.