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Want a fully functional 18.04 hardware monitor
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I like to use conky:
sudo apt install conky
Conky is a light weight system monitor that let’s you pick and choose system information and your own information and place it on the same window you can move anywhere:
My design is about four years out-of-date and not nearly as fancy as “modern” conky scripts.
Ubuntu 18.04
It’s come to my attention some people (or everyone?) is having problems with conky under version 18.04. In which case I found this blog:
I had upgraded my 16.04 to 18.04 last year and don’t recall any problems with conky. That said I rarely use 18.04 and prefer the stability and comfort of 16.04.6 LTS.