Ubuntu – Looking for CAPS LOCK/NUM LOCK and HDD activity indicators

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I've purchased a Dell Inspiron 1545 for my wife. Due to some really bad judgement from the design team, the only indicator you have is the power one.

What do you guys recommend in terms of having some nice indicators for CAPS/NUM Lock and HDD activity? I just feel so lost without some quick visual clue on those items.

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For the caps lock and num lock you can use the Indicator-keylock package. It looks like this:

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And instructions for installing are available at: http://www.webupd8.org/2010/07/indicator-keylock-displays-keyboard.html

For the hdd activity monitor you can use the system monitor applet available in the gnome-applets package. Go to preferences and choose to display disk activity.

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http://www.maketecheasier.com/10-must-have-indicator-applets-for-ubuntu-12-04/2012/06/15

Key Lock Indicator :

Not all laptops come with a Caps lock or Num lock indicator or even button and this is why this indicator becomes necessary to know whether or not caps lock is on or not. It notifies every time there is a change in the state of the key. By default, it pops in panel when the locks are turned on but it can be configured to always stay in panel even when locks are off. This applet needs a restart to reflect the changes for the first time.

Ubuntu-Applet-Keylock To install Key Lock:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tsbarnes/indicator-keylock
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install indicator-keylock

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