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Asked: 2017-01-02 22:40:34 +0800 CST

System Monitor : How to display net speed on panel

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I use system monitor with 16.04 in Unity. Currently, I get all the graphs and text indicator for Disk on top panel. I want to have net speed displayed instead of Disk. How can I do that ?

16.04

5 Answers

  1. Xenial

    • Install indicator-netspeed from terminal
    • Run apt:indicator-netspeed from your browser's URL panel
    • Download 32-bit or 64-bit deb package from launchpad and install them via Software Center

    Terminal install

    sudo -i
add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
apt update && apt install indicator-netspeed

    To start the indicator, run indicator-netspeed &

    xenial

    Bionic and up (with GNOME 3)

    Gnome Extensions: Install

    If you want to download the extension package manually, select your shell version and extension version.

    GitHub: hedayaty/netspeed

    bionic

    Bionic with Unity panel

    Terminal install

    sudo -i
apt-add-repository ppa:fixnix/netspeed
apt update && apt install indicator-netspeed-unity

    To start the indicator, run indicator-netspeed-unity &

    Launchpad: Download
    GitHub: ggleb/indicator-netspeed-unity

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  2. In Ubuntu 18.04 simply open the Ubuntu software app and search for Netspeed. Click to install the app and it will be displayed on your upper status bar on the right side.

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  3. Unity (Ubuntu 17.04 and below)

    Steps to see NetSpeed Indicator n Unity Desktop Ubuntu

    1. Open the terminal.

    2. Type the below codes in Terminal:

      sudo apt-add-repository ppa:fixnix/netspeed
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install indicator-netspeed-unity

    3. Logout of the current session & Login again for the changes to take effect.

    4. Net speed indicator app will start automatically on top of the Unity Panel.

      If you don't like to logout, you can still start Netspeed Indicator Applet on Unity panel.

    5. Open the terminal and type the below code to start the Netspeed indicator app

      indicator-netspeed &

    That's it. You can see the Upload & download Speed also by clicking on the Icon.

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  4. I use Netspeed for Unity for that with Lubuntu 18.04 LTS, and think this link to acquire Netspeed will be helpful; please note there's a version for 16.04 ('Xenial'), so you can disregard everything on that page but the second and third paragraphs, to wit:

    1. sudo -i
    2. add-apt-repository ppa:fixnix/netspeed
    3. apt-get update
    4. apt install indicator-netspeed-unity
    5. Restart your PC/laptop.
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  5. GNOME Shell (Ubuntu 17.10+)

    There are several GNOME extensions. The one with the indicator that I like the most is: system-monitor (AKA gnome-shell-system-monitor-applet)

    screenshot

    Includes network speed and much more.

    Alternatives

    • Vitals: Simple. Only numbers (without graphs).

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    • Freon: Only numbers (without graphs).

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