Gnome goodies: add hardware sensor in panel. add stock indicator in the panel.

Today we will add two more applets to the gnome panel. You might want to look into the past article about gnome applets that were configured before. Okay, let's start by installing an applet that will show hardware temperature.

There is a nice package, psensor and it can be install as easy as

$ sudo apt-get install psensor
$ psensor

So just launch the application from the terminal, then see the screenshot below.



On the left, I have configured three temperature to be plotted. Because hardware in different computer are different, so you can enable plotting for different hardware. On the right, it is the psensor preferences, and I have enabled checkbox for Launch on session startup and Hide window on startup.

Next, we will install a stock applet as a favor for a friend. Because in debian, this is not available and now we will download from ubuntu repository. Point your browser to https://launchpad.net/~ce3a/+archive/ubuntu/indicator-stocks/+packages and download latest version of indicator-stocks. As of this writing, I'm installing indicator-stocks_0.2.4-0ubuntu1_amd64

user@localhost:~/Desktop$ sudo dpkg -i indicator-stocks_0.2.4-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb 
Selecting previously unselected package indicator-stocks.
(Reading database ... 321688 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack indicator-stocks_0.2.4-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking indicator-stocks (0.2.4-0ubuntu1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of indicator-stocks:
 indicator-stocks depends on libappindicator0.1-cil; however:
  Package libappindicator0.1-cil is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package indicator-stocks (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-2) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.57) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.13-1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 indicator-stocks

As you can read above, there is a dependency problem during installing indicator-stocks. So just use apt-get install for the remaining package. It should be simple process to resolved that using apt. So it is finally installed, check the screenshot below. You can configured a few symbols, it is from finance.yahoo.com.



That's it, from the past and in this articles, I hope your desktop should present as much information as possible.

Gnome goodies: How to sort directory and then file. How to enable weather in the gnome panel

Today we will take a look at two gnome3 applets. I used to have these settings back in gnome and gnome2 and I think this is a very nice goody that should remain in gnome3.

How to sort directory and then file

In gnome3, file and folders are mixed, that's if the folder is sort by modification dates. See example screenshot below.



Well, for personal preference would be, folders are group first and then with normal files. See example screenshot below.



In order to achieve this behaviour, gnome configuration need to be alter. Launch dconf-editor in the command line and navigate in such a fashion. Go to org -> gnome -> nautilus -> preferences . Then check sort-directories-first. See screenshot below. Easy :)



 

How to enable weather in the gnome panel

During gnome2, it is as easy as adding a location and in the drop down of the date/time applet. See screenshot below.



However, thing get changed in gnome3. Date/time applet no longer showing weather information. There is an alternative, gnome-shell-extension-weather package add weather information to the gnome panel. See screenshot below.



To install this extension, it is as easy as apt-get install gnome-shell-extension-weather

To enable gnome-shell-extension-weather in the gnome panel, you need to enable it. To enable, launch gnome-shell-extension-prefs from the command line and then search for OpenWeather and flip the switch to on position. See screenshot below.



Now the weather information should shown in the gnome panel! Start adding more places of interest in the applet! :)

To end this article, try to add places of interest in the weather applet :) I will leave this as an exercise for you.