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Tag Archives: indicatorapplets
Easily Monitor System Resources in Ubuntu With Indicator-Multiload
Do you like to keep an eye on system resource usage in Ubuntu?
Like many people I only tend to do so when my desktop is grinding to a halt because of a misbehaving app. Because of this I’m sometimes too impatient late to gracefully rectify the situation; my desktop becomes so unresponsive that nothing short of a hard reboot is required inorder to solve the screw up in a timely fashion.
But maybe if I kept a cautious eye on hardware usage I would spot rogue apps before they got out of hand. Perhaps by using something like Indicator Multiload: -
Panel-Based Linux Radio App ‘RadioTray’ Adds Minor New Features in Update
Tuning into your favourite online radio stations without needing to open a dedicated music application is a breeze using RadioTray.
The latest release adds a handful of new features. Read on for more on what’s new and the all important download link.
‘Pomodoro’ Indicator Timer for Ubuntu
Indicator-Pomodoro is a small tray-based timer tool designed specifically for use with Pomodoro technique.
[How To] Replace the Blue Vuze Panel Icon With a White One
Bit torrent application Vuze (previously Azureus) is popular with many, but the look of its panel icon in Ubuntu leaves a lot to be desired.
Trash Indicator for Ubuntu does what it says on the can
Ever felt that emptying the trash can in Ubuntu required too many clicks or too much effort?
If so you might be lazy, but the following Trash Can indicator might just prove more in keeping with your workflow…
Indicator-Syspeek – another hardware monitor applet for Ubuntu
Indicator-Syspeek is a system-monitor applet for Ubuntu, capable of displaying CPU, RAM, Disk and Network usage.
And it has a cool name.
‘Classicmenu indicator’ puts old-school GNOME menus in Unity
Long for the familiar trappings of the ‘classic’ GNOME menus in Ubuntu Unity? With ClassicMenu Indicator you can have just that. ClassicMenu Indicator is currently in alpha but it works pretty much as it should. An ‘old school’ Ubuntu icon is displayed on the panel, in the notification area, and clicking on it reveals the [...]
Quickly kill rogue apps in Ubuntu using Indicator-Forceclose
Crashy apps hanging around chomping on your resources? Kill it quickly with the newly formed ‘Indicator-Forceclose’.
Hardware monitor applet ‘Indicator Systemload’ updates, adds real-time stats to menu
Nifty system resouce monitor ‘Indicator Mulitload’ has received a minor update, adding detailed live-updated system stats into the applet menu.
RSS applet ‘Feed Indicator’ fixes browser opening bug
A bug in panel-bound RSS applet ‘Feed Indicator’ which saw feed items open in a users browser just by hovering over them has been fixed in its most recent update released this weekend.
‘My Weather Indicator’ adds sun and moon info, ‘feels like…’ temp and more in latest update
Users of My-Weather-Indicator, a panel-based weather applet for Ubuntu, can now check sunrise and sunset information, moon phase and more in the latest release.
Indicator Multiload is a GNOME-Applet style system monitor for your desktop panel
Ubuntu 11.04 users missing the old ‘system load’ panel application can find similar functionality in Indicator-Multiload – a graphical indicator-applet for the Unity panel.
PSensor lets you easily monitor hardware temperature in Ubuntu
My graphics card fan is bust.
Well, I say bust but what I actually mean is that I disconnected the fan because it was so freaking loud! I do intend to buy a replacement cooler for it shortly, but in the mean time Psensor allows me to keep an eye on its temperature over a given period with the data recorded and presented in graph form for easy digestion.
‘My-weather-indicator’ gets updated, revamps location selection
‘My-weather-indicator’ – an indicator-applet providing weather updates and alerts in Ubuntu – has been updated with an improved location set-up dialog and general bug fixes.
Quickly adjust the number of workspaces in Unity with Indicator-Workspaces
Quickly adjust the number of workspaces and the way in which they are displayed in Ubuntu 11.04 with ‘Indicator Workspaces’.