What is a good simple easily installable app to measure download speed on Ubuntu 14.04?
2 Answers
indicator-sysmonitor i think its the best one you can monitor your net speed at your top panel
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alexeftimie/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install indicator-sysmonitor
after installing go to options and replace the {cpu} and {ram} with {net} it can also be added to startup applications
New net-speed indicator for Ubuntu 14.04 Works great
indicator-netspeed
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install indicator-netspeed
You can see your download speed in the top panel and this takes less space in top panel.