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I have a CPU usage icon on my panel in LXDE in Ubuntu but I also want to monitor my RAM usage as my RAM is only 512 MB

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How can I add an icon to the panel for this purpose?

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    LxTask shows the RAM usage, but I don't think there is a way to put it on the panel...
    – Wilf
    Dec 14, 2013 at 16:38

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I don't know if this is god enough for what you want, but here you go. Right click on the LxPanel, and choose Add / Remove Panel Items

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Click on Add

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Choose Resources Monitor, and then click Add

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While Resources Monitor is still highlighted, click on Edit

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Choose either or both monitors, and click Close

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And this is what you get (sorry the image is not that clear)

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Hope that this answers your question.

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  • No not really, its stock LXDE on 13.04.
    – Mitch
    Dec 15, 2013 at 5:57
  • Is there any way to update the refresh rate or have it show the % all the time? I want to use this to try to anticipate out of memory conditions which freeze my computer...
    – Michael
    Sep 13, 2019 at 17:00
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Do you have lxpanel installed? If you do, look for an applet called "Resource Monitors". That one lets you monitor both %CPU usage as well as RAM.

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    your one was also good but mitch showed all the methods beautifully
    – user204653
    Dec 15, 2013 at 3:11

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