Re: New system monitor extension



Il giorno dom, 22/05/2011 alle 15.35 -0700, Sriram Ramkrishna ha
scritto:
> 
> 
> On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 5:13 AM, Giovanni Campagna
> <scampa giovanni gmail com> wrote:
>         Il giorno sab, 21/05/2011 alle 14.17 +0200, Florian Mounier ha
>         scritto:
>         
>         > Hi !
>         > I wrote a gnome shell extension displaying memory / swap /
>         cpu usage
>         > in status bar.
>         > My code is far from perfect but I thought it might interest
>         some of
>         > you.
>         > Code is available
>         > here:
>         http://github.com/paradoxxxzero/gnome-shell-system-monitor-applet
>         > Any feedback is welcome.
>         > Best regards
>         
>         
>         I'm afraid you're late. :)
>         There is already a systemMonitor extension in
>         gnome-shell-extension
>         master, that shows CPU and memory using libgtop. Currently it
>         adds an
>         actor in the message tray; if you want to improve it to show a
>         system
>         status indicator, you should patch it and file a bug.
>         
>         Giovanni
>         
> 
> 
> And libgtop is the way to go anyways.  I personally would like to see
> system monitor in the overview if possible.  I think that fits the
> design much better.  System monitor and weather are all "tasks" so to
> speak.  If you put it in the task bar you're breaking the design as
> that is where the system applets are.  Monitoring your computer is not
> a system task IMHO.  Frankly, I'm very protective what goes into that
> top bar now as I like keeping it minimalistic and distraction free.  A
> quick hot key will satisfy my curiosity whether the system is running
> well or not.

Well, the system monitor extensions (this, and the one in the repo) are
not for checking what is failing, and where, just for rapidly looking if
everything is running smoothly, while doing something different. In case
you actually and explicitly want to check, there's a fantastic app for
that.

Giovanni


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