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What Application Indicators are available?

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Is there a hardware temperature sensor indicator?

Well, just like the title says : is there any hardware sensors indicator so i can add it to unity's panel? I only found applets for the older gnome panel.
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Adding a CPU monitor widget in the top corner like in Gnome2

I wonder if you can add a widget or something like it in the top corner (next to volume and WiFi and things like that) that displays current use of CPU and maybe RAM. I know you could add stuff like ...
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Is there a command that returns network utilization?

I need a command that I can run that returns the current utilization of wlan0. Does such a tool exist? I would prefer something that doesn't require root privileges.
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Is there some way that I can see performance in Ubuntu? [duplicate]

I am a new Linux user. In Windows, I used to monitor and sometimes improve my performance by using a software called "Advanced Systemcare". Is there some kind of software like this for Ubuntu? or ...
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How can I restore the activity monitor? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What can replace system monitoring in the top Gnome Panel in Unity? I was wondering if its still possible to get the Activity Monitor for things like load and ram usage like ...
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How can I configure the system monitor indicator (indicator-sysmonitor)?

I'm settling for the system monitor indicator (indicator-sysmonitor) for now since there doesn't seem to be any good alternative (for natty) at the moment... does anyone know the keyword for disk ...
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Is there a process indicator for Unity? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What can replace system monitoring in the top Gnome Panel in Unity? Hi! I have just upgraded to the 11.04 Ubuntu beta and am trying to get used to Unity. Seems good so far, ...
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How do I add the System Monitor applet to Unity? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What can replace system monitoring in the top Gnome Panel in Unity? Prior to using Unity, I had several Gnome Panel Applets running in a panel. I used the Dictionary applet, ...
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Monitor CPU usage in unity [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What can replace system monitoring in the top Gnome Panel in Unity? Back when I used gnome-panels, I really liked the System Monitor applet. It let me keep an eye on both my ...
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Unity equivalent to the Gnome 2 system monitor [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What can replace system monitoring in the top Gnome Panel in Unity? I'm using gnome 2 right now and looking to switch to unity, but one thing that I really miss is the old ...
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Passively monitoring CPU activity

So everytime I leave my ubuntu desktop alone, it seems that after a while it starts "working on stuff" -- CPU lights lighting, that busy CPU processing sound being pretty loud, etc. But when I move my ...
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My computer like Disk Usage Statistics bar in Ubuntu

Is it possible to view disk usage statistics, like free space left, as in "My Computer" in Windows, but for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ?
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