10 useful indicators for Ubuntu

One interesting feature of Ubuntu is the presence of this system useful indicators for the top panel. What it is?

Indicators in Ubuntu terminology - a small program that can display different useful information in the system tray. Usually, though not always, these mini-programs do not even have a separate window and provide access to all its functions from the context menu icon. The main purpose of the indicators - provide fast, it can be said instant access to some of the information or function regardless of what program you are running at a given time. In this article you will learn about the ten indicators that seem to me the most useful.

Weather

Shows the weather in your city. When clicked opens a help with basic information about the current weather, here you can find an item call window with a forecast for a few days. One of the few indicators that there is in the Application Center.

Setting:

sudo apt-get install indicator-weather

System Load

This indicator displays information about system performance. Among the displayed settings, we can enable CPU utilization graphs, memory usage, disk usage, network data transfer.

Setting:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: noobslab / indicators. sudo apt-get update. sudo apt-get install indicator-multiload

Classic Menu Indicator

Brand Dash menu system, of course, a cool thing, but to many as something more familiar to use the usual multi-level application menu. Classic Menu Indicator The indicator provides us with this opportunity.

Setting:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa: diesch / testing sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install classicmenu-indicator

Recent Notifications

All important system events or alerts are usually displayed as a standard system notifications. However, if you're a little distracted and missed the pop-up window, you can always see a list of recent alerts by Recent Notifications indicator.

installation

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: jconti / recent-notifications sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install indicator-notifications

Hardware Sensors

In the hot season it may be important to monitor the temperature of the CPU, disk, graphics card fan speed. Hardware Sensors Indicator children this opportunity, of course, if your unit is equipped with appropriate sensors.

Setting:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: alexmurray / indicator-sensors sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install indicator-sensors

ubuntu One

Ubuntu One - it is a local analogue of Dropbox, which is convenient because it is deeply integrated into the system. The corresponding indicator gives us access to the main functions and information about the use of this service.

Setting:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: rye / ubuntuone-extras sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install indicator-ubuntuone

RadioTray

The special program for listening to online radio stations located after installation in your system tray and allows one-click switch between favorite music streams.

Setting:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: eugenesan / ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install radiotray

Window-List Indicator

With this indicator, you can hide the Application bar and switch between running programs from the icon menu Window-List Indicator. Many people find this method quite convenient.

Setting:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: jwigley / window-list sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install window-list

Pastie

For all the people who write useful to learn about the existence of the indicator to work with clipboard. He is the history of all operations with clipboard and allows you to select and insert the necessary elements.

Setting:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: hel-sheep / pastie. sudo apt-get update. sudo apt-get install pastie

And where is the tenth?

But to finish the ten most useful applets for Ubuntu, I propose to our readers. I am sure that you have in the arsenal of its proven tools that are not included in this list. Write about them in the comments. Who do you think deserves to take its place in this article?