It has a client/server mode. I used to run the server on my wrt54g and the GUI client on my desktop.
GTK Krell Monitors
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#12Wow, it’s funny because the last time I ran gkrellm was 23 years ago when I first started using Linux and I thought I was a l33t h4x0r… And just today, now that I actually write code for a living and use Linux on my work machine, I found myself really wanting a good display to tell me when my memory usage was growing.[0] I was using the gnome activity monitor but it takes up way too much screen space and was always b…
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#13I used to run this, but once systems started having 20 cpu cores, and 12 hard drives, it wouldn't fit on the screen anymore... sadly conky has the same issue.
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#14I used to run this, but once systems started having 20 cpu cores, and 12 hard drives, it wouldn't fit on the screen anymore... sadly conky has the same issue.
I think perhaps I’m old school, but I’ve been using xosview with a patch that shows ccx utilization (on AMD) instead of per core. Treats me pretty well, but it’s a very unloved project.
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#15I used this back in the days and it was awesome. Sadly after the dawn of tiling window managers this is obsolete since you will never really see it as windows always takes full screen. If anyone knows how to make it play well with i3wm or awesome wm, let me know, would gladly use this again.
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#16I have been using this software continuously for close to 20 years. My desktop doesn't feel right without it. Thank you Bill Wilson!
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#17The original author of gkrellm, Bill Wilson, also made PiKrellCam. https://billw2.github.io/pikrellcam/pikrellcam.html > Which was/is the best Raspberry Pi Audio/Video Recording, OSD Motion Detect Program. It was made to run perfectly on a RPI Zero with its limited CPU and memory. I was very sad to learn that Bill passed away in Oct 2021. https://github.com/billw2/pikrellcam/issues/78#issuecomment-... > I'm glad gkre…
The eulogy from his brother is worth a read https://github.com/billw2/pikrellcam/issues/78#issuecomment-...
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#18I used to run this, but once systems started having 20 cpu cores, and 12 hard drives, it wouldn't fit on the screen anymore... sadly conky has the same issue.
I think perhaps I’m old school, but I’ve been using xosview with a patch that shows ccx utilization (on AMD) instead of per core. Treats me pretty well, but it’s a very unloved project.
Do you have a link to that patched version?
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#19These days it is one of the most underrated tool! I never has a problem with it under any DE or WM. FWIW, it is still bundled with Slackware.
To be fair, everything is still bundled with Slackware.
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#20Aahh this brings back memories. I first started out using Linux on my desktop and I found this fancy system monitor that made my desktop look cool. There's a section which displays filesystem usage with a button that allows mounting/unmounting with a click. I used it to mount floppy disks but it wasn't working for me, so I read the source to figure out what was wrong, then emailed Bill to contribute a patch to fix it.
It was one of my first open source contributions, and it was then that I understood the value of open source - being able to read the code, debug and then fix it yourself (and for others).