Missing panel items (was Re: Default Desktop Experience for 11.04 - User testing results)

[Alin-Andrei]

Hello,

>* The weather notifier is missing.  I really like this little notifier so I
>know when to throw open the windows and get some fresh air!

Install the "indicator-weather" package - it's in the official Natty repos
(universe).

>* System monitor.  I like this little applet because it gives me a quick
way
>to take the pulse of my system.   How hard it's running, is there a lot of
>network activity going on, etc.

For the CPU and memory usage you can use System Monitor Indicator [1]

>* Force quit.  Some times you just need it and a kill -9 just isn't easy to
>get to.

There's no appindicator for this, but you can create a .desktop file (just
copy any from /usr/share/applications/ on your desktop and edit it as a
template), and under "Exec" enter "xkill", then drag and drop this .desktop
file to the Unity launcher. Then to force an application to close, click
this icon, then click the window you want to close.


I hope this helps :)



[1]
http://www.webupd8.org/2011/03/system-monitor-indicator-puts-cpu-and.html


-Andrew


On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 16:02, Barry Warsaw <barry at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> Now that I'm using Unity a lot, I find that I'm missing a few things from
> the
> classic desktop's upper panel.  I don't know how to get these back, if it's
> even possible.
>
> * The weather notifier is missing.  I really like this little notifier so I
>  know when to throw open the windows and get some fresh air!
>
> * System monitor.  I like this little applet because it gives me a quick
> way
>  to take the pulse of my system.   How hard it's running, is there a lot of
>  network activity going on, etc.
>
> * Force quit.  Some times you just need it and a kill -9 just isn't easy to
>  get to.
>
> Cheers,
> -Barry
>
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