While posting about beagle i came remember about another software I have been using viz., GKrellM - which is GNU Krell Monitors about which i did not make a post yet. GKrellM has a set of builtin monitors which can monitor and show the state of various devices. The cool thing is that it display them in a nice readable format on the desktop, replacing the other alternatives such as the gdesklets.
I am currently using it to monitor the cpu usage and also to display time, since I think this time display is lot cooler than the one in the panel. Also another feature of GKrellM is the huge set of themes made for usage with it. I am currently using the Aqua theme as can be seen in the screenshot. You can also see the uptime of my pc, it show the machine is on for about 3hrs and 40mins. If you are wondering why there is a sudden spike in the cpu usage every few seconds, well it is due to the beagle dog which is trying very hard to index all the files in my home directory.
To try it out further i have set the clock chime in the clock option on. So at the start of every hour i am having a small midi file playback using timidity to keep track of time, just in case i get too lost in the work. And also on a trial basic i have a very small midi file to playback on quater hour basis. ( For those really interested in what midi files are being played, for hour - coca cola theme music, and for quater hour - airtel theme music). If any one of you have any cool midi files which are less than 30 secs, please let me know of them (please use the comments option below)
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