Hi Ranjan, On Monday 22 March 2010 06:31 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: >>> I think >>> other users may also benefit, so something similar to this could be >>> considered for inclusion in the default LXDE spin for F13? >> >> I think this is a very special case. There already is the cpu-monitor >> plugin in lxpanel which should be sufficient for most users. > > I am not so sure. The cpu load monitor does not show processors/cores > being used, the memory used/available or the swap. These are very > important for a low-resource machine or for users for whom conserving > resources is important. Without a monitor, conservation is not that > feasible. [Xfce has this feature (I forget what it is called, haven't > used it since Fedora 11).] So, it might be beneficial to have some way > of displaying cpu (core)/memory/swap. This is provided for by xosview, > but other approaches may exist. > > Same goes for the network status monitor, which would benefit by having > some graphical display. Right now, unless I don't know how to set this > up, my network status monitor just blinks. Only if I click on it do I > get a window ala Windoze which tells me the number of packets received > and sent (presumably) since connection. It would be more useful to get > current rates of uploading and downloading to help in diagnosis for > connections that get stalled for some reason. The information is all > there, no question, so it is really a point of whether we can put it in > as a metered graphical display. > Have you tried conky? Its pretty cool and customisable. I know it probably doesn't fit into the discussion about a spin's default resource monitor applet, but for personal use its too good. Here is my setup with WindowMaker. If you request I can share my ~/.conkyrc too. ;) <http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll164/jalladandtux/screenies/conky.png> > Many thanks again and best wishes, > Ranjan -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
