![]() With a mono-icon and ‘Clean history’ button it sits as one of the best of its ilk available to Ubuntu users. ‘Pastie’ looks and does what you’d expect it to. With anticipation of Natty’s depreciation of familiar GNOME applets be sure to cast a mental CTRL+C over the following indicators replacements. Clipboard managersĪre you one of those people who copy and paste a lot? If so you may already use a clipboard manager to, well, manage your clipboard. Installation instructions, along with a bit more rationale on the ‘why?’, can be found here. ‘Piffle?’ you say? Although my keyboard does have a ‘caps lock’ light – I never remember to look at it so, for fellow unobservant folks out there, this is worth its salt. Indicator Keylockīe alerted to when the caps lock, scroll lock or number lock keys are ‘on’ or ‘off’. Now installed by default in several Ubuntu-based distributions, this mini switcher is a lot more useful than many give it credit for.įind install instructions and more information on this tool here. Switching workspaces via an indicator is an idea that, on paper, seems over-kill, particularly in light of other, faster methods. sudo apt-get update & sudo apt-get install indicator-cpufreq.sudo add-apt-repository ppa:anton-sudak/indicators.The applet, currently only available for Ubuntu 10.10, can be installed by running the following commands in a Terminal: – CPU-Freq offers all the functions of the standard GNOME Cpu-Freq applet but in indicator clothing. By limiting the clock speed of your laptop/netbook you can, in theory, extend your battery life a little lone. Monitoring CPU usage is a top priority for many users on portable devices. sudo apt-get update & sudo apt-get install my-weather-indicator.The indicator is available for Ubuntu 10.04, 10.10 and 11.04 users via the official PPA: ![]() No endless menus or check-boxes to get up and running just slap in your location and you’ll know the weather. It’s early days for the indicator but it gets a thumbs up from me for one reason: it’s simple. My-weather-indicator is a panel-based weather forecast apple able to relay a surprisingly wide range of meteorological information.
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