Ubuntu – System Monitor : How to display net speed on panel

16.04internetsystem-monitor

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 ?

Best Answer

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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