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NetSpeed plugin - applet for lxpanel
NetSpeed plugin - applet for lxpanel
My preferred Desktop Environment is LXDE. I'd like to monitor the real time download speed and display it inside lxpanel. I like the NetSpeed (GNOME Shell Extension or mate-netspeed-applet). I don't want to use GNOME or MATE Desktop Environments because LXDE does everything I need and looks great. I've tried "cbm" and other similar programs. Unfortunately, they only work in terminal emulator, which is a huge inconvenience. It doesn't have to be the NetSpeed. Any other program is acceptable as long as it can display the real time download speed as a number in MB/s inside lxpanel. It should be a plugin or an applet for lxpanel, so when I go to: Panel Preferences > Panel Applets > Add plugin to panel, I should be able to add it to lxpanel. The screenshot shows the "mate-netspeed-applet" on "mate-panel". Any advice or suggestion is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Re: NetSpeed plugin - applet for lxpanel
Your options for lxpanel specifically are limited to the plugins that are available for it - or you can write your own.
I forget where, but I think there was a dummy plugin somewhere you can use as a starting point.
FWIW, I display my network speeds on my root window with conky.
Or you could use xfce-panel instead of lxpanel, it has loads of extra plugins.
I forget where, but I think there was a dummy plugin somewhere you can use as a starting point.
FWIW, I display my network speeds on my root window with conky.
Or you could use xfce-panel instead of lxpanel, it has loads of extra plugins.
Re: NetSpeed plugin - applet for lxpanel
Thank you for reply. My preferred option would be to write plugin that works with lxpanel, however I have no programming skills. Any suggestions or help? Thanks.
Re: NetSpeed plugin - applet for lxpanel
You could search if a command output plugin exists, i.e. it runs some shell command and displays its output.
That would be simpler than writing one specifically for net speed.
That would be simpler than writing one specifically for net speed.